Ford Explorer: 98 Explorer with brake light problem..

You might want to look at the fuse assignments. Sometimes they put put
lights on different circuits so that one fuse blowing doesn't take out all
of the brake lites.

Sy Cohen
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Do yourself a favour and check the bulbs first..... One should always start
electrical diagnostics at the non-functioning load - here we check for power
as well as ground (and bulbs are easy to check, anyway). If you don't have
power when you're suppose to, then follow Sys advice and check the fuses
next. Remember, this very first basic step is going to tell you if you are
checking a power side or ground side problem.

Also remember what Sy said about fuse assignments. To simply delve into the
wiring without some basic, logic based steps will usually bite one squarely
on the "how embarassed was I?" nerve.


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Jim Warman
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Thanks guys--
My Explorer has a separate fuse for the Left and Right Brake/Turn
signals. Both were good, in fact i swapped them to make sure. I
checked the bulb in the right brake light and sure enough it was bad.
My wife will get on today in town.

It just seemed a little too much to have both brake lights go out at
the same time. The boat trailer is 4 months old, but that doesn't
mean much...

i'll report back once fixed.
ron

 
 

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