he does not have a reg brake light switch he has one with six connectors so with ou knowing which one was the power wire jumping it did no good he stated all lights worked they are feed from same fuse so going by his statyement all bulbs good had to be switch according to the info provided .then bulbs were rechecked and wala bulbs bad

 

great came down to east fix glad i could help

 

I am not going to argue but you seem to be leaving out the fact that power does run from the brake light switch and thru the turn signal switch and then back to lights. Why it does I have no idea but it does. So there it did not "have to be the switch". The wiring diagram is posted.

 

all problems have to be fixed thru a process of elimination there called trouble trees in the automotive field follwing them will find the problem faster thats what ive learned from the 30years in the field and being tought by a master tech as long as the problem is fixed that what makes the customer happy.i never make any statements about other mechanics statements as to why or how they came to there conclusions .

 

I discovered that the wiring loom in the rear hatch shorts out on the left screw holding in the third brake light. This causes a direct ground and blows the fuse.

It may also cause the dome lights and tail light to stay on very dimly when the ignition is turned off. Oddly, when a door is opened, the dimmed lights would go out.

Remove the third brake light lense, peek in and identify the wiring loom on the left side. Inspect for shorts and insulate as needed. I was unable to repair the short because I could'nt get full access to the wiring, but did insulate it so that it would not short out again. I lost power to the third brake light in the process... oh well.