The Final Solution:

So I got some interesting and good news. I hope this will help others.
My initial diagnosis was incorrect. The tails lights I thought
initially was on but I was wrong. Upon closer examination I noticed
with someone stepping on the brake that the lights would not change so
it was the brake lights that were on. I had to check for sure by
replacing the bulb in the middle of the rear window to see if this
stays on, and it did. Some of the things that made this diagnosis
difficult was due to day light. I did it during the day and all the
bulbs were not functional.

I disconnected the wires from the light switch to see if that would
disable the lights, and it did not. So it was obvious that was not the
problem, because that had nothing to do with the brakes but I wanted to
check for some stupid reason. The next thing I did was look at the
brake peddle to see how the brake light switch works. There is this
little black button that is pressed when the brake pedal is not
pressed. When you press the brakes it allows the button to push out
and turn the lights on. So I placed my screwdriver between the pedal
and the button and took a look at the light. The lights were off. I
knew then that the brake switch worked and my diagnosis is precise.
Upon close examination of the brake pedal I noticed a hole in the
pedal. I though something has to go there that pushes against the
button. So I went to the junk yard and looked and there it was a
little rubber triangle shaped piece. I popped it out and placed it in
the Honda Civic and everything is good.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Honda subsystems are reliable and I am happy this was so simple.

Lex

 

The Final Solution:

So I got some interesting and good news. I hope this will help others.
My initial diagnosis was incorrect. The tails lights I thought
initially was on but I was wrong. Upon closer examination I noticed
with someone stepping on the brake that the lights would not change so
it was the brake lights that were on. I had to check for sure by
replacing the bulb in the middle of the rear window to see if this
stays on, and it did. Some of the things that made this diagnosis
difficult was due to day light. I did it during the day and all the
bulbs were not functional.

I disconnected the wires from the light switch to see if that would
disable the lights, and it did not. So it was obvious that was not the
problem, because that had nothing to do with the brakes but I wanted to
check for some stupid reason. The next thing I did was look at the
brake peddle to see how the brake light switch works. There is this
little black button that is pressed when the brake pedal is not
pressed. When you press the brakes it allows the button to push out
and turn the lights on. So I placed my screwdriver between the pedal
and the button and took a look at the light. The lights were off. I
knew then that the brake switch worked and my diagnosis is precise.
Upon close examination of the brake pedal I noticed a hole in the
pedal. I though something has to go there that pushes against the
button. So I went to the junk yard and looked and there it was a
little rubber triangle shaped piece. I popped it out and placed it in
the Honda Civic and everything is good.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Honda subsystems are reliable and I am happy this was so simple.

Lex

 

The Final Solution:

So I got some interesting and good news. I hope this will help others.
My initial diagnosis was incorrect. The tails lights I thought
initially was on but I was wrong. Upon closer examination I noticed
with someone stepping on the brake that the lights would not change so
it was the brake lights that were on. I had to check for sure by
replacing the bulb in the middle of the rear window to see if this
stays on, and it did. Some of the things that made this diagnosis
difficult was due to day light. I did it during the day and all the
bulbs were not functional.

I disconnected the wires from the light switch to see if that would
disable the lights, and it did not. So it was obvious that was not the
problem, because that had nothing to do with the brakes but I wanted to
check for some stupid reason. The next thing I did was look at the
brake peddle to see how the brake light switch works. There is this
little black button that is pressed when the brake pedal is not
pressed. When you press the brakes it allows the button to push out
and turn the lights on. So I placed my screwdriver between the pedal
and the button and took a look at the light. The lights were off. I
knew then that the brake switch worked and my diagnosis is precise.
Upon close examination of the brake pedal I noticed a hole in the
pedal. I though something has to go there that pushes against the
button. So I went to the junk yard and looked and there it was a
little rubber triangle shaped piece. I popped it out and placed it in
the Honda Civic and everything is good.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Honda subsystems are reliable and I am happy this was so simple.

Lex