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It's cheap and easy. You can do it yourself. Cars simply have a plastic housing under the pedal arm with a button. These adjust up and down with threads to compensate for arm travel. Try that first to make sure button fully depressed when arm is down. The arm depresses the button when you hit your brakes to trigger the lights. The harness just plugs into it with a 2-wire lead. Establish if the switch is bad by unplugging if previous did not work and use wire to connect terminals on the plug. Brake lights should come on. if you need a new switch get one from a dealer, but don't let them install it or they will find all sorts of other expensive things to do on your car.
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How much does it cost to replace the ignition switch in a 2001 Suburban?
$109.99 item#IG23401 at schucks.com
How much does it cost to replace brakes on a 1999 Ford Escort Zx2?
Well if you mean replace the brake pads/shoes and not the entire brake system it depends on whether you get the parts and do it youself or get a mechanic to do it. Parts vary enormously on price so shop around!
89 Jeep Cherokee Laredo Ignition key stuck in on position This is the second time last time cost 150 then after the warranty was up got stuck again?
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Why do only one brake light work?
Check your fuses. They are usually located in the glove box. They are easy to change and only cost about $5 for a box. Check your manual to see which fuse is for the lights, if the medal bar is broken you need a new fuse. I have a 1977 Chevy Impale,the brake light wan't work and when turn on the turn signal to right the left come on also.Do you know the problem. check the brake light switch,on the brake pedal. it may be out of adjustment or just plain faulty. I just recently had this fixed on my 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix. The brakes lights were out on both sides but worked in the rear glass. Ended up being the turn signal switch which for my car was a $350 part and with labor was a total of $507. Good Luck! You may have a short in your wireing. Also your wires might not be hooked up to your lights.check your plugs and if they are good you might want to take it in to a shop. it is common for your earth wire/s in the brake light plastic housing to have a bad connection and can be corrected by tightening the screw that fixes it to the housing.(located near where the bulb/s fit) On my LHS, it appears that the switch that connects to the brake pedal went out. Hence, all of the brake lights do not work. Something to check out as well in doing your diagnostics.
How much to fix a break caliper leak?
To replace a faulty brake caliper with a new caliper or a rebuilt caliper and assuming that is all it needs, a garage would probably charge you one hour of labor plus the cost of the caliper and brake fluid. Call your local auto parts store to get a quote on the brake caliper.
