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Posted on Apr 01, 2009

Brake lights and gear shifter not working on 1995 nissan altima

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Replace the brake light switch. It will fix both problems.

  • tdean23 Jan 28, 2011

    i have replaced brake light switch twice it works for a while then goes back to same problem

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