repair rear center brake light=-

[jamesmetairie]

1998 lumina, 3.1, about 260,000 miles on it. runs like a top.
but rear center high brake light bulbs burn out quickly.

has anyone replaced the entire fixture with something like a trailer light,etc.

does auto zone, etc. sell the socket the bulbs screw in to?
one blub has two wires and the other blub has three wires.

thanks for any advice.

[Tech II]

Maybe you have the wrong bulbs......there should only be one filament in each bulb....

The sockets, if needed should be available in any auto parts store....

[jamesmetairie]

Thanks for the reply TechII

I should have said 1 bulb has 2 wires leading to it and the other blub has 3 wires leading to it.

[Tech II]

Even that does not make sense....

There should be one white wire into each bulb(power), and one black wire out of each bulb(ground).....if there is a third wire, that may be your problem...it should not be there....maybe something someone added.....

[jamesmetairie]

the wires all look factory oem, untapered with.

[Blue Bowtie]

One of the wires probably jumpers from one lamp socket to the other. There is only one white wire to the assembly:

[jamesmetairie]

thank you guys for the replys

[jamesmetairie]

fixed it ! (maybe)

I went to a junk yard and got a couple of sockets.

Now it,s working like a champ .