Exterior Lighting: Stoplamps
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2008 Mercury Sable, 2008 Ford Taurus X, and 2008 Ford Taurus. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The stoplamp switch is located on the brake pedal assembly. The stoplamps are supplied voltage when the brake pedal is applied. For Taurus and Taurus X, the rear lamps are combination stop/turn lamps. For Sable, the stoplamps are independent of the turn lamps.