# 2000 Ford Focus (manual transmission)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-focus-manual-transmission/26175>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 7, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-focus-manual-transmission/26175 "2009-02-07T17:41:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MommaLiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@MommaLiz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MommaLiz)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-focus-manual-transmission/26175/1 "2009-02-07T17:41:16Z")

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Brake lights on my focus aren’t working, but my tail lights are. Checked the fuse for the brake lights and it was perfectly fine. Of course this is a Saturday so no shop in town can get me in until Monday, which doesn’t work for me because I work at Best Buy and as a Supervisor I don’t get weekends off. What can I do to try and fix this? I am pretty handy so I would love to give it a go.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-focus-manual-transmission/26175/2 "2009-02-07T17:49:47Z")

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The problem might be with the brake light switch above the brake pedal.

Tester

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**Author:** ![MommaLiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@MommaLiz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MommaLiz)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-focus-manual-transmission/26175/3 "2009-02-07T18:51:26Z")

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Do you think that would be something that I should try myself?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-ford-focus-manual-transmission/26175/4 "2009-02-07T21:20:12Z")

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Yes.