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rollinrps13 · 07-06-2010, 08:23 PM

my brake lights just stopped working out of no where on my fastback..the fuse is good. just put a new switch in, and its still not working. i put a new stopper thing in the pedal arm to. anyone have any idea what the problem might be???

rollinrps13 · 07-06-2010, 09:46 PM

anyone have an idea?? anyone??

michael_torres · 07-06-2010, 09:52 PM

search it or go to http://zilvia.net/f/chat/297481-smal...w-threads.html

rokmplutonium · 07-06-2010, 09:53 PM

Did you check the bulbs?

energ · 07-06-2010, 09:56 PM

are the brake lights the only thing not working ?

demonspeed · 07-06-2010, 10:56 PM

if your brake lights AND dash arent working, then you are blowing fuses in the fuse box near your left foot. either That or the magical white box thats in there is bad...i was in the same situation...found out that the Previous Owner installed a CB Radio and left wires bare and thats what caused mine...

rollinrps13 · 07-07-2010, 12:16 AM

yea new bulbs new everything lol..the tail lights work, all the fuses are good, all of a sudden today the brake lights just stopped working. i dont kno about the dash working i just finished a sr swap the interior is still stripped down..is that white box inside the fuse block?

Sako · 07-23-2010, 01:45 AM

Try cleaning the grounds on the housing where you put in the brake light bulbs. It's usually a philips head screw that holds the grounds together and corrosion builds up between them. Get a razor blade and clean the ground contact so that it's shiny and put the screw back in. This happened to almost every single S13 that I have owned.

sidedrifts13 · 07-23-2010, 01:47 AM

definately the grounds usually they come loose from vibrations, put a bigger screw and clean the grounds with sand paper lika sako said

LB 180SX · 07-30-2010, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sidedrifts13

definately the grounds usually they come loose from vibrations, put a bigger screw and clean the grounds with sand paper lika sako said

i agree, mine had that problem and the ground came loose .. took me a while to figure it out.
definatley check that!!

s13bert · 07-30-2010, 10:00 PM

i was having the same problem, no dash lights, or tail lights, i found some bare wires hanging coverd them up replaced the fuse(blew up about five) and everything is working fine again...

07-06-2010, 08:23 PM	#1
rollinrps13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: nashville Posts: 102 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	brake light problems s13 my brake lights just stopped working out of no where on my fastback..the fuse is good. just put a new switch in, and its still not working. i put a new stopper thing in the pedal arm to. anyone have any idea what the problem might be???

07-06-2010, 09:46 PM	#2
rollinrps13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: nashville Posts: 102 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	anyone have an idea?? anyone??

07-06-2010, 09:52 PM	#3
michael_torres BANNED Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: u.s.a Posts: 338 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	search it or go to http://zilvia.net/f/chat/297481-smal...w-threads.html

07-06-2010, 09:53 PM	#4
rokmplutonium Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: LOS ANGELES Posts: 576 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Did you check the bulbs?

07-06-2010, 09:56 PM	#5
energ Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago burbs Age: 35 Posts: 211 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	are the brake lights the only thing not working ?

07-06-2010, 10:56 PM	#6
demonspeed Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Olympia, Wa Age: 38 Posts: 506 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	if your brake lights AND dash arent working, then you are blowing fuses in the fuse box near your left foot. either That or the magical white box thats in there is bad...i was in the same situation...found out that the Previous Owner installed a CB Radio and left wires bare and thats what caused mine...

07-07-2010, 12:16 AM	#7
rollinrps13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: nashville Posts: 102 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	yea new bulbs new everything lol..the tail lights work, all the fuses are good, all of a sudden today the brake lights just stopped working. i dont kno about the dash working i just finished a sr swap the interior is still stripped down..is that white box inside the fuse block?

07-23-2010, 01:45 AM	#8
Sako Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tarzana, CA Age: 36 Posts: 138 Trader Rating: (30) Feedback Score: 30 reviews	Try cleaning the grounds on the housing where you put in the brake light bulbs. It's usually a philips head screw that holds the grounds together and corrosion builds up between them. Get a razor blade and clean the ground contact so that it's shiny and put the screw back in. This happened to almost every single S13 that I have owned.

07-23-2010, 01:47 AM	#9
sidedrifts13 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LOS ANGELES Age: 40 Posts: 1,883 Trader Rating: (29) Feedback Score: 29 reviews	definately the grounds usually they come loose from vibrations, put a bigger screw and clean the grounds with sand paper lika sako said

07-30-2010, 10:00 PM	#11
s13bert Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: fontana Posts: 1,146 Trader Rating: (15) Feedback Score: 15 reviews	i was having the same problem, no dash lights, or tail lights, i found some bare wires hanging coverd them up replaced the fuse(blew up about five) and everything is working fine again...