- Damaged or burnt wiring
- Bad or corroded earth connection in the brake lamp cluster
- Failed bulbs. (although it's unlikely that all your brake lights have blown)
You can use a meter and a volunteer to check that power is reaching the bulb holder. If power is reaching the bulbs and they are working, then a bad earth connection may be the cause. Corrosion around the lamp cluster is a common cause of this. There may be problems with the other lights if the vehicle has a shared lamp cluster
At any rate, it wouldn't do any harm to let a vehicle electrician take a look
fuse, bulbs
brake light switch would be most common cause
the brake light switch is out of adjustment. Readjust the switch.
More than likely it is the brake light switch that is attached to the brake pedal.
BAD BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AT TOP OF BRAKE PEDAL
brake switch located on the top of the brake pedal
Check your brake light switch at hte brake pedal.
A broken or out of adjustment brake light switch.
The BOO (Brake On/Off) Switch may need to be replaced. If it is bad, it would cause the brake lights to NOT illuminate when the brake pedal is applied.
Check the bulbs, fuse & brake light switch on the pedal.
Check the fuses and if they are good then check the brake light switch.
Blown fuse, bulb, or bad brake light switch.