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Title: Brake lights????
Post by: Nooksak on May 28, 2005, 09:30:45 PM
Hi, my brake lights in my 88 couger xr7 just quit working but the light bubls arint out...im thinking its a fuse but i have no clue which on it is and i dont wish to get pulled over again lol. Would anyone know which fuse it would be for the brake light? Or might this be some otehr problem?

Thanks,
Mike
Title: Re: Brake lights????
Post by: Thunder Chicken on May 28, 2005, 09:36:24 PM
Check the wiring harness going to the brake light switch, under the dash. A common problem in these cars is for the wires to break off due to metal fatigue from years of moving back & forth every time you step on the brake pedal.
Title: Re: Brake lights????
Post by: ipsd on May 29, 2005, 10:41:33 AM
If I remember right there isn't a fuse for the tail lights is should be on a fusable link.
Title: Re: Brake lights????
Post by: softtouch on May 29, 2005, 02:41:46 PM
For '84 it is fuse #1.
Title: Re: Brake lights????
Post by: dominator on May 29, 2005, 03:39:21 PM
Could be the switch itself,had that problem quite a few times in my last bird.
Title: Re: Brake lights????
Post by: MasterBlaster on May 30, 2005, 06:13:35 AM
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my brake lights in my 88 couger xr7 just quit working
All of them, including the high-mount in the back window?
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For '84 it is fuse #1.
88 too.
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for the wires to break off off due to metal fatigue
It happened to me.
Do the signals work?  Front and/or back? How about the hazards?
Title: Re: Brake lights????
Post by: jcassity on May 30, 2005, 10:13:08 AM
in addition,,,
the bulbs **can** be installed backwards. The sockets are soft enough to allow for this and you'll be chasing down a grimlin that does not exist.