My break lights are not working when I push the peddle down and my left turn signal in the rear works when it wants to I checked all the fuses and changed the break light switch but no luck so far

Asked by jesi91 Apr 10, 2015 at 11:41 AM about the 1998 GMC Sierra 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Before I changed my break light
switch I would here a click when I
would barely press on the break and
the break lights would work until I
pushed them all the way down to stop
now that I changed the part I have
nothing please help

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CamaroCollector answered 10 years ago

If you have a trailer plug that plugs into the factory harness, remove it, see if that does the trick.

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jesi91 answered 10 years ago

I don't have one but there looks like there's a ground connected to it and it's screwed to the metal underneath my truck n it looks all rusty

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CamaroCollector answered 10 years ago

When you installed the new switch did you make sure it was secured correctly and all wires were plugged in and nothing was loose? Those switches have adjust-ability of the lever on the side

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