High Mount Brake Light Working Intermittently
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JDP, I would check at the plug and see what you have there and then see if it is a wiring issue or a light assembly issue. SHould only have 2 wires going to the 3rd brake light. If you get 12 VDC there when you apply the brakes, the problem lies in the light assembly.
I will look at the electrical diagrams when I get home.
I will look at the electrical diagrams when I get home.
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JDP, if your taillight stop lights are working, then you should have power to the 3rd brake light. Please keep in mind that the 3rd brake light is grounded right near the light. So, when measuring the power to the light, measure from the orange/green wire to any metal part of the body. Then switch the multimeter over to resistance and measure continuity from the black wire in the plug to chassis ground. If you don't have 12 VDC, then you have a bad wire running from the split for the brake lights to the plug to the 3rd brake light. Hand over hand the wiring and see what you find. Fix the spot that appears to make a sharp angle (wire broken internally). If the continuity check of the black wire shows a high resistance (anything over 5 ohms), then you need to follow the ground wire and see where that has been damaged and fix that. if the orange/green wire is good and the ground wire has good continuity, then your problem is the 3rd brake light housing. Odds are, unless you can see the issue, replacing the 3rd brake light is going to be the easiest/cheapest thing to do.
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JDP, if your taillight stop lights are working, then you should have power to the 3rd brake light. Please keep in mind that the 3rd brake light is grounded right near the light. So, when measuring the power to the light, measure from the orange/green wire to any metal part of the body. Then switch the multimeter over to resistance and measure continuity from the black wire in the plug to chassis ground. If you don't have 12 VDC, then you have a bad wire running from the split for the brake lights to the plug to the 3rd brake light. Hand over hand the wiring and see what you find. Fix the spot that appears to make a sharp angle (wire broken internally). If the continuity check of the black wire shows a high resistance (anything over 5 ohms), then you need to follow the ground wire and see where that has been damaged and fix that. if the orange/green wire is good and the ground wire has good continuity, then your problem is the 3rd brake light housing. Odds are, unless you can see the issue, replacing the 3rd brake light is going to be the easiest/cheapest thing to do.
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