You have to remove the interior trim of the lift gate.
Replace the bulb it works when you turn on the driving lights and when you brake. there are two little springs inside the light one is for the brake light and the other is for the driving light. All you need to do is replace the bulb. good luck.
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in the fuse box! read your manual! when replacing make sure you replace the fuse with one of equal amperage (amps)
If the light stays on when the emergency brake is not engaged, this indicates the brakes are getting low and need to be replaced.
Inside the trunk behind where the brake lights are are a plastic cover. Remove that and you will see one bolt. Reach in to the far side of the light and you will find the second bolt. Remove those and the brake lights can be pulled out. Now just twist the bulb holders and there are your brake light bulbs.
on the second generation eclipses it is located at the fulcrum of the arm assembly for the brake pedal.
there are plastic covers over them on the inside of the trunk that you pop off
Adjust or replace stop lght switch
if it is the side the battery is on remove it and you will see the light twist and pull it out of its hole replace it then put it back together
Open the turn there is a little hatch take it off twist the light out and pull the bulb put the new one in simple.
The parking brake light stay lit on the 1999 Mitsubishi Montero sport the parking brake is working and you have not put the light off.
how do you change the light bulb over the license plate on 2000 eclipse