brake lights?

[LeonZ]

i was installing a factory style wing today on my accord, connected the led light to where my 3rd brake light used to go, all 3 lights worked, no problem... then, all of a sudden, they all went out, not even the origilan 3rd break light. parking lights, headlights and backup lights still work, but breaks dont. i check the stop light fuse under the hood, it's sitting in its place. i pulled it out, put it back in, didnt work. checked other fuses, they seem to be in place. i disconnected the negative source from the battery and disconnected accesory from cigarette lighter, reconnected negative, still didnt work... still seems like a fuse problem, but i dont know what do, its kinda frustrating to have the breaks not work after they worked a minute earlier... any suggestions?

[2002jettavr6]

Originally posted by LeonZ
i was installing a factory style wing today on my accord, connected the led light to where my 3rd brake light used to go, all 3 lights worked, no problem... then, all of a sudden, they all went out, not even the origilan 3rd break light. parking lights, headlights and backup lights still work, but breaks dont. i check the stop light fuse under the hood, it's sitting in its place. i pulled it out, put it back in, didnt work. checked other fuses, they seem to be in place. i disconnected the negative source from the battery and disconnected accesory from cigarette lighter, reconnected negative, still didnt work... still seems like a fuse problem, but i dont know what do, its kinda frustrating to have the breaks not work after they worked a minute earlier... any suggestions?


Check the bulbs you moght have blown all of them


just an idea

[LeonZ]

i replaced the stop fuse, with another fuse of the same amperage, the brakes worked, turned out the stop light fuse was blown. but when i connected all the fuses again with a new stop light fuse and connected the brakes, the stop fuse was blown once again and brakes didnt work. hmm...


im thinking now that i messed up the positive and negative... i connected black to black and white to red... but the black wire on the car harness is redish.

[alpha]

so the parking lights work on the tails? did you just connect the light on the spoiler to the third brake light? did you splice wires?

did you connect white to a red/black wire?

[LeonZ]

Yes, yes, yes, yes

[alpha]

What exactly are the colors of the wires on the spoiler? (if you haven't gotten it to work yet)

[LeonZ]

I'm gonna try it when I get come today, the spoiler harness has red and black-red, car harness has black and white. I'm gonna try to switch the wires and see if that works

[LeonZ]

k, never mind, i got it fixed. i found a tiny little piece of bare wire touching metal, so that's why the fuse kept blowing. at least it looks better now.

[alpha]

ah, well glad it's fixed.