help please!!!tail light dont work

[steven37]

so i got a 93 240sx coupe the rear tailights worked ffine but after a while they didnt work as they should......they stay on and dont flash when i step on the break...

[scott883]

Have you Looked into this problem by opening the trunk and making sure the previous owner didn't to re wire it with speaker wire?

[nemcho]

Check the sensor on the brake pedal. It's like a buton that touch the ''arm'' of the brake pedal. It should bump against a rubber plug. If nothing touches it (like there's a hole where the sensor button is) then your rubber plug broke.

[steven37]

well i checked and i found the brake switch but no plug?? is the plug the thing at the end of the brake switch??

[steven37]

Have you Looked into this problem by opening the trunk and making sure the previous owner didn't to re wire it with speaker wire?

no the car is completly stock nothing done to it except for the stereo but that was done right

[ryandriftingfat]

well i checked and i found the brake switch but no plug?? is the plug the thing at the end of the brake switch??

The plug in your brake pedal may have disintegrated.

Same thing happened to me, I have some info here:
Brakelights don’t work – why? (http://givemeshred.com/brakelights-dont-work-why/)

[axiomatik]

There is a rubber bumper mounted on the brake pedal that actuates the switch. Over the years, the rubber will dry out and the bumper can fall out, leaving nothing to press on the switch.

[Walperstyle]

www.240SXTECHDVDS.org Home Page (http://www.240sxtechdvds.org) has FSM's specific for your car so you can track the wires.

[nemcho]

The plug in your brake pedal may have disintegrated.

Same thing happened to me, I have some info here:
Brakelights don’t work – why? (http://givemeshred.com/brakelights-dont-work-why/)



There is a rubber bumper mounted on the brake pedal that actuates the switch. Over the years, the rubber will dry out and the bumper can fall out, leaving nothing to press on the switch.

They explained it better than me

And here's what you want to buy
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Brake-Pedal-Rubber-Stopper-Bumper-Z31-Z32-300ZX-S13-S14-240SX-OEM-NISSAN-/200658916602?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3A240SX&hash=item2eb83414fa&vxp=mtr#ht_500wt_922

[ryandriftingfat]

Just wanted to say that in my write-up, I used one of those plastic interior plugs as a substitute.

I thought it would be a stop gap, but it's worked AMAZINGLY well.

I'm in the middle of rebuilding my car, had the dash and steering column out and the plug has no markings on it whatsoever, completely fine.

I'm leaving it in, no sense fixing it if it ain't broke.

EDIT: This is going on 18 months since I replaced the plug.

[steven37]

thanks ill try this out today when i get home from work :)

[steven37]

Unfortunately the plug is good lights are still fucked up :(

[steven37]

Can any one tell me y there would be a brown and orangish cable hooked up to my fuses....I think there audio but that's what caused the lights to go out....ohhh and I guess the previous owners had the same problem because there where a lot of fuses and a couple of plugs in the ashtray :)....but yea would any one know what the cables in the fuse box are for...they where on fuse 15 stoplamp and I think fuse 10audio or something like that

[steven37]

Can any one tell me y there would be a brown and orangish cable hooked up to my fuses....I think there audio but that's what caused the lights to go out....ohhh and I guess the previous owners had the same problem because there where a lot of fuses and a couple of plugs in the ashtray :)....but yea would any one know what the cables in the fuse box are for...they where on fuse 15 stoplamp and I think fuse 10audio or something like that

[steven37]

Can any one tell me y there would be a brown and orangish cable hooked up to my fuses....I think there audio but that's what caused the lights to go out....ohhh and I guess the previous owners had the same problem because there where a lot of fuses and a couple of plugs in the ashtray :)....but yea would any one know what the cables in the fuse box are for...they where on fuse 15 stoplamp and I think fuse 10audio or something like that

[h2v7]

take tail lights off and scrub all the ground connections they get corroded and cause this.

[yetijeff]

Brake light switch???