no brake lights

[rhsimmons92]

I have the 1990 Volvo 240 and my brake lights aren’t working on it. The switch, fuse, and bulbs are all fine. I had a major short not to long ago which started a fire at the left rear tail light and I fixed the short at least I thought. But rite now if I jump a wire directly to the left rear brake light the right and third lamps illuminate but only if the brake pedal is not depressed and the lights are on. If I press the brake pedal I get no lights at all. Help……

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[EricTheCarGuy]

Great news, thanks for keeping us up to date and for using the ETCG forum.

[rhsimmons92]

Just as an update to everyone when the fire occurred the connecter on the tail light was melted causing a short there which caused a lot of issues there. But I’m getting a new connector soon so it will be much better.

[spelunkerd]

Thanks for the update. Lots of us follow these kind of threads, and it’s great to see closure as to what the problem was.

[college man]

Thanks for the update and the fix. Until next timeC8-)

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