Help please. Gen1 brake lights out.

[dominoSLEV6]

Hey guys, long time no talk. I'll update you on everything I've been up to sometime soon.

However right now I require your help. My two taillight brakelights are out but not the top 3rd one. I would have figured if it was a fuse they'd all be out, but are those two on a different fuse or you think the bulbs just went out at the same time?

I don't have our manual handy or know much about electrical in cars. Please let me know if it is a fuse/how to fix this/what else could cause those two to go out but not the 3rd one.

-chris

[Jon11582]

Probably just good luck. Its not completely unheard of that two bulbs of the same type and same batch go out around the same time.

Buy some 3157 bulbs, 3 bucks at autozone, go in the trunk, undo the black fasteners and the 10mm bolts below them with a ratchet, bend back the plastic panels, and the bulbs twist right out from the taillight. Pull the bulb out from the harness, replace. Test the brakes to see if it works. If it works, Repeat with the other side.

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Replace them both. They're not overly expensive. If your tail lights go out there should be an indicator inside the gauge cluster telling you so.

Then again I'm speaking from a 2002 SE standpoint.