in my 05 my rear center brake light works then doesnt on different occasions.. I searched and the thread was kinda useless.. any ideas??

 

I've seen a lot of these. needs a third brake light assembly. you might get lucky at a junkyard, or ebay.

you have to remove the rear parcel shelf.

remove rear seat bottoms, seat backs, seat belt anchor bolts, side trims, several various clips. lift up (there are two pressure clips holding the shelf down) and pull out.

a bit of a PITA... especially if you are a bigger guy. you'll get to know your backseats quite well

 

noooooo!!!!

i think this just happened to mine too. or so ive been told by someone who followed me to work. and i AM a bigger guy (aka fat bastard). i put the rear speakers in my r33 and the back seat was never the same again. haha.

 

im not big, so i think i can do it.. i guess i cant complain.. this is the first expense the has givin me at 87k. =)

 

2004 with 55,xxx on the clock and my 3rd brake light does the same thing, works some days and doesnt on other days... it use to bug me until nissan quoted me on a replacement lol

 

by any chance do u wanna tell me that quote? lol.

 

I bought the rear light assembly and went thru the trunk to replace it. no need to take out seats.

I bought it off a fellow member.

 

you know, I've tried that but never had any luck. I work against the clock so anything that saves me time makes me money ...

 

update: had a G come in with no 3rd brake light. you CAN access it through the trunk... however, a hole must be drilled in order to reach the right side screw.

-Word.

 

$126.53 for parts and I didnt ask what labor was going to run...

 

I do those with a long philips. Can get both screws in and out, no drilling required.

 

I just came from the stealership and was quoted $380 for this job... $120 was labor. I didn't even know the damn thing was out, but I sure as HELL am not going to pay $400 to fix it - sheesh!

PS Just to put it out there how ridiculous that is, I just bought a LED 3rd brake light for my Dodge RAM for $40.

 

I found a pretty good fix, just tint the back window, that way if the light works people see it and ur all good. If it decides not to work people dont know any better other than (other infiniti owners) since the tint covers the light so its a win-win situation... O and I found out with double limo you cant see it in the day even if it is working

 

mines tinted, and he cut around the light.. Mass state law i guess!

 

^^^ Bummer, Had mine done in CA no problems...