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Originally Posted by Flint
I was wondering the same thing, except in my case the brakelight is something I can't even check (except as described above by xoxoxoBruce). |
YES! You CAN easily see if your brake lights are working even though you are sitting in the car. This valuable tip comes to you from the Dumb White Chicks Who Don't Know Shit About Mechanics Club
Sometime in the evening, when your car lights are turned on anyway, back up slowly toward whatever wall is convenient in a place with no traffic. You can even do this by backing into your garage or carport. Stop car, apply brakes while looking in the rear mirror. The red of the brake lights will be clearly visible as a reflection on the wall. The glass floor-to-ceiling windows of a strip mall or office building work even better. I used to check my brake lights every night when I was leaving work, I had a 1969 Cutlass which lost the connection to the lamps every once in a while and this way I could be sure I was not entering the street without knowing that everything was in order.