1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WHICH I PURCHASED ON 01-06-2001, WITH 25,587 MILES ON THE ODOMETER READING. BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE QUIT WORKING ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIRD LIGHT (CAB STOP LIGHT) WORKS. BLINKERS WORK,AND BACK UP LIGHTS WORK. ALL FUSES ARE GOOD. REPLACED BREAK LIGHT BULBS. FIRST OCCASION, I WAS PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE ADVISING ME MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. THE DEALER(HUFFINES CHEVROLET STATED THAT A SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAD TO PAY A $250 DEDUCTIBLE. SECOND OCCASION I HAD TO PAY $280 AND VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIRD OCCASION, IT HAS BEEN ONLY SIX MONTHS SINCE LAST REPAIR WAS MADE. REPAIR HAS NOT BEEN MADE OF THIS DATE 11-13-03. STILL TRYING TO FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THE BREAK LIGHTS TO BE DEFECTIVE FOR THE REASON THAT EXPENSES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND FOR THE THIRD TIME IS UNSATISFACTORY. *LA