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My brake lights went out the taillights still work but the secondaries do not light up i searched for a fuse but none were blown. Been searching all morning found the schematic and fuse box identifiers, however there is no fuse for the brake lights according to the fuse box diagram and the wiring diagram is pretty simplistic and dont go into any helpful detail.

My only thoughts would be it is the accual switch that activates when the brakes are pressed? anyone else deal with this problem or knows specifically what i need to look for next? thanks in advance.

the stang is a 95 5 speed 5.0
 

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been their done it, its a small switch on the actual brake pedal takes all of 10 min to change good luck.
 

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IIRC, fuse 9 is for the brakes. If the flasher doesnt work either, see the fuse.

If the high mount stop light works but not the other brake lights, see the MF switch.

That said, my first thought was also the brake light switch.

Good luck.
 
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yes it was the switch i was testing the switch while it was off and it worked? so I put it back on and No go??? took it back and back on a few times, I figured out that it was just not making enough contact. So i used piece of cardboard box of a sparkplug box as a spacer put it between the the switch and the peddle and it works!

I imagine the spring just enough tension to quit making contact and the 1/16 thin cardboard did the trick
 
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