2002 Exp. brake light saga (help!)
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2002 Exp. brake light saga (help!)
The brake lights are not working on my 2002 Expedition. All three are not working. The first thing I did was to check all the fuses. There WAS a 20 amp fuse blown out under the hood. I thought, great, I have those. I replaced it and still not working. The fuse is fine now, it didn't re-blow which would have indicted a short somewhere. Now I'm scratching my head. The hazard lights work. Every fuse is now checked out okay, so I'm at a loss. I'd like to try unhooking the wire harness at the brake switch and use a wire to jump the connection to see if the problem is the brake switch itself, but there are 5 wires going to that harness and I don't know which 2 to connect together. Can I get any help or suggestions?
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I got it working again, but I am not sure WHY, so now I'll be checking on those brake lights all the time. 
Anyway, to recap, the brake lights were completely out. The one blown fuse I found and replaced was unrelated to the brakes (20A trailer parking lights). Hazard lights, turn signals work fine, and I have no trouble shifting out of park. So after post #1 I disconnected and removed the stop light switch and basically looked at it. Then I put it back. Autozone lists a switch for $35 so I really didn't want to buy one on a lark. I figured I'd put it back and then check here for any responses. Anyhow the brake lights are working great now. The only conclusion I can come to is that maybe the stop light switch has an intermittent problem?
Anyway, to recap, the brake lights were completely out. The one blown fuse I found and replaced was unrelated to the brakes (20A trailer parking lights). Hazard lights, turn signals work fine, and I have no trouble shifting out of park. So after post #1 I disconnected and removed the stop light switch and basically looked at it. Then I put it back. Autozone lists a switch for $35 so I really didn't want to buy one on a lark. I figured I'd put it back and then check here for any responses. Anyhow the brake lights are working great now. The only conclusion I can come to is that maybe the stop light switch has an intermittent problem?
