Help! Brake lights dont come on.

duh! i shld have given that information...


so its a 1995 Honda Civic - automatic...


also my shift lock locks n i have to put my key in in order to get out of park--- i saw a previous note about someone saying thier shift lock was broken too and someone replied and asked if thier brakes light work------ is that related somehow??????????
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Stephanie7 wrote:
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 > so its a 1995 Honda Civic - automatic...
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 > also my shift lock locks n i have to put my key in in order to get out
 > of park--- i saw a previous note about someone saying thier shift lock
 > was broken too and someone replied and asked if thier brakes light
 > work------ is that related somehow??????????

Yes, the shift lock solenoid allows shifting out of park only when the
brake pedal is pressed, as indicated by the brake light switch.

Replacement is not particularly hard. There used to be service manuals
at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.hondahookup.com/," target="_blank">http://www.hondahookup.com/,</a> don't know if they are still there. Also
look at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/civicmanual/" target="_blank">http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/civicmanual/</a>
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ok thanks-

so i took it to a place to have a Diagnostic test done- to make sure it is the brake switch or not a wiring problem.....they shld be able to figure it out right with that test?
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