Q: After air bag inflators on my Honda 05 CRV were repaired per the recall, the brake lights no longer work.

asked by on March 26, 2017

After air bag inflators on my Honda 05 CRV were repaired per the recall, the brake lights and right low beam headlight no longer work.

For the right low beam, I've replaced the bulb and fuse to no avail. Hunting around, it looks like perhaps when the steering wheel inflator was replaced, the tech may have failed to keep the connector in the steering column clean? I plan on looking at that next.

I am still looking around for what might be the cause of the brake lights not functioning anymore.

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