# Honda Fit 2007 Brake Light not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377 "2018-09-21T01:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jules76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jules76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jules76)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/1 "2018-09-21T01:11:05Z")
Hello, The passenger side rear tail light is not working on my Honda fit 2007. I have replaced bulbs on both sides and the problem remains. I checked the fuse diagram I could find online but did not see which fuse would help in this case, and would there be a fuse just for the passenger side? I would like t start with the fuse and see if that helps. Any other ideas? Many Thanks! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/2 "2018-09-21T01:14:15Z")
Are you saying that the tail light doesn’t work, but the brake light does? Tester ---
**Author:** ![jules76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jules76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jules76)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/3 "2018-09-21T01:15:20Z")
I apologize, it is the passenger side brake light (lower red light) the top red light works on both sides ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/4 "2018-09-21T02:15:49Z")
There are no seperate fuses for each side. You have a broken wire, a bad socket or a bad ground. with a 12 volt test light see if you are getting power at the contact for the bulb. If you are, it is a bad ground. If notstart cgecking back the wire. If you have power just behind the socket. replace the socket. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/5 "2018-09-21T02:24:55Z")
Concur w/OT11 above, a single brake light going out on one side is unlikely to be a fuse problem. Unless your owners manual says differently, dismiss the fuse idea. My guess is the socket is a little corroded and not making good electrical contact with the new bulb. I replaced a license plate bulb on my aged truck a couple months ago, and had great difficulty to get the new bulb to work b/c of that same problem. You may need to look at the socket w/a magnifying glass to see where the corrosion is occurring. I checked for a ground problem too, but probing with an ohm meter showed the ground was making good contact with the frame already. Probing w/a volt meter showed I was getting proper voltage, but the bulb wouldn’t light, b/c of poor electrical contact b/t the bulb and socket. This didn’t work in my case, but sometimse you can clean up a corroded socket by rubbing it with a pencil eraser. ---
**Author:** ![jules76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jules76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jules76)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/6 "2018-09-22T21:07:33Z")
You are correct, there was some light corrosion. A few rubs and it started working again. Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-fit-2007-brake-light-not-working/125377/7 "2018-09-22T23:46:59Z")
Glad you got the problem resolved. And with nothing more than a pencil. Good for you.