A possible soloution is that there is a fault in the ground (earth) somewhere in the bodywork. If the car ia old or subject to corrosion, look for rusty or corroded contacts.
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You have stumped the wizzard as I find no such animal.
The brake lights in your 1983 Nissan pickup truck are controlled by the brake light relay switch. When the brake light relay switch malfunctions the brake lights will stop working.
There is no switch to activate or deactivate the brake lights on a 1988 Nissan. The brake lights automatically turn on any time the brakes are pressed.
in the brake fluid reservoir, somewhere along the back of the engine bay. the cap will say something like "brake fluid dot 4 only"
They are tied to either the brake lights or the tail lights.
The brake light switch on a Nissan is located just behind the brake pedal. It sends a signal to the brake lights when the pedal is pressed to turn them on.
the brake light driver side not working
Do some checking, I bet its the brake lights. There is A hole in the brake pedal, It used to have A plastic plug, I bet the plug is gone. An uphostery plug will just snap in. Use a big one.
The brake switch for a Nissan Quest should be under the dash on the brake pedal arm. If the switch goes bad then the brake lights could stay on or not work at all.
brake light switch would be most common cause
Those tail lights could be the brake lights you are seeing and that would be a faulty brake light switch or the brake light switch is out of adjustment.
Check the brake light switch down on the brake pedal.