Taillight help quick, Please!! Options

[cyb593]

Ok here is the deal. My 95 celica had blown tailights on it.
So i replaced them with new bulbs. So when i hit the break WITHOUT the lights on they dont light up at all. With the lights on they will glow in the back.
Now if i hit the break when the lights are on they dont get brighter.
The reverse lights work fine. The top brake light doesnt work and we just replaced the bulb.
Any help with getting this fixed will be highly appreciated.
I was thinking the brake light switch went bad? Something to that extent. I also looked at the fuses they look old but not broken. I will trying to replace them today though.


Recap

No front headlights on= when braking nothing happens
Front head lights on =they glow, dont get brighter when i hit the brake and the top one wont work at all with either lights on or off.

[Galcobar]

Are you sure you got the correct bulbs for your brake lights? They should be 1157, which have two filaments, one for constant illumination and one for additional brightness when braking. 1156 bulbs are single-filament, used for the rear turn signal and reverse lights.

[cyb593]

positive i used the book at advanced to look at the numbers, i also got advance to look it up. when i was pulling the old bulbs outs i looked at what the actualy bulb said and mateched it with that.

This post has been edited by cyb593: Jun 28, 2009 - 12:25 PM

[pittfirefighter]

my money is on the brake pedal switch.... relay... fuse... something of that nature... your lights don't know that you are pushing your brake pedal in

[cyb593]

i was definetly thinking the same thing. I will have to get a second oppinion from my mechanic. thanks. Any other help would be greatly appreciated.

[chacha]

now all my are dead....i have some pics...any one care to tell me where to look at?


WHAT is this plug...it was separated and i plugged it back in....am i suppose to or should i have left it unplugged? what is it for?




ok...where is the switch relay for the brake lights....all 3 brake lights dead...got a ticket from the police...thanks for any help.










This post has been edited by chacha: Oct 16, 2009 - 9:52 PM

[freddy121389]

did you check all your fuses first before you started to take apart your dash?

[chacha]

yeah...just like previous people have said...it is all fine...all three brake lights dead...but tail lights are still on if plugged in and if the headlights are turned on.

[benzo]

cha, what did you do to fix this? im having the same problem

[chacha]

replace the fuse blown in the fuse box underneath the steering wheel...it is the "STOP" fuse

[benzo]

replace the fuse blown in the fuse box underneath the steering wheel...it is the "STOP" fuse

I replaced that fuse.. the tail lights are on when the lights are on, but only dont work when i hit my breaks.. everything else works. any thing else i could check that you know of?

[pittfirefighter]

brake switch at the pedal

[BloodyStupidDave...]

And make sure that you have actually replaced the taillight bulbs. As mentioned above, they are dual filament.