help please!!!tail light dont work - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

steven37 · 02-29-2012, 01:24 AM

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 · 02-29-2012, 01:28 AM

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 · 02-29-2012, 02:14 AM

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 · 02-29-2012, 10:48 AM

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 · 02-29-2012, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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?

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

ryandriftingfat · 02-29-2012, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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??

The plug in your brake pedal may have disintegrated.

Same thing happened to me, I have some info here:
Brakelights don’t work – why?

axiomatik · 02-29-2012, 10:55 AM

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 · 02-29-2012, 12:17 PM

www.240SXTECHDVDS.org Home Page has FSM's specific for your car so you can track the wires.

nemcho · 02-29-2012, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryandevilhorns

The plug in your brake pedal may have disintegrated.

Same thing happened to me, I have some info here:
Brakelights don’t work – why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

They explained it better than me

And here's what you want to buy
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Brake-...r#ht_500wt_922

ryandriftingfat · 02-29-2012, 01:38 PM

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 · 02-29-2012, 01:38 PM

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

steven37 · 02-29-2012, 07:04 PM

Unfortunately the plug is good lights are still fucked up

steven37 · 02-29-2012, 07:22 PM

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 · 02-29-2012, 07:27 PM

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 · 02-29-2012, 07:48 PM

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 · 02-29-2012, 07:58 PM

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

yetijeff · 02-29-2012, 08:11 PM

Brake light switch???

02-29-2012, 01:24 AM	#1
steven37 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	help please!!!tail light dont work 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...

02-29-2012, 01:28 AM	#2
scott883 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Riverside Age: 38 Posts: 647 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	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? __________________ Sunday night meet and eat 951 // 951Carmeet Instagram

02-29-2012, 10:55 AM	#7
axiomatik Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ATL Posts: 4,702 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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. __________________

02-29-2012, 12:17 PM	#8
Walperstyle Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alberta, Red Derp Age: 44 Posts: 1,729 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	www.240SXTECHDVDS.org Home Page has FSM's specific for your car so you can track the wires. __________________ KA-T ORG-Function over Flush

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

02-29-2012, 02:14 AM	#3
nemcho Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bay area - 95050 - CA Posts: 74 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	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.

02-29-2012, 10:48 AM	#4
steven37 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well i checked and i found the brake switch but no plug?? is the plug the thing at the end of the brake switch??

02-29-2012, 01:38 PM	#10
ryandriftingfat Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: CA Posts: 790 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	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.

02-29-2012, 07:04 PM	#12
steven37 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Unfortunately the plug is good lights are still fucked up

02-29-2012, 07:22 PM	#13
steven37 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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

02-29-2012, 07:27 PM	#14
steven37 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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

02-29-2012, 07:48 PM	#15
steven37 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 48 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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

02-29-2012, 07:58 PM	#16
h2v7 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: san francisco, ohio Posts: 2,194 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	take tail lights off and scrub all the ground connections they get corroded and cause this.

02-29-2012, 08:11 PM	#17
yetijeff Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Corona Ca Age: 35 Posts: 765 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Brake light switch???