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[day101]

right brake light isnt coming on, checked the fuses under the bonnet all ok, any one help? please!


Thanks
Luke

Edited by day101, 20 August 2006 - 09:52 PM.

[RacingGreen]

have you checked the bulb, all of the connections in the light? It could be a bad earth.

[day101]

got to check the bulbs yet but never had tis problem before could it be the switch has had it?

[Guess-Works.com]

The switches are notoriously C**p....

[ceejam]

How old is the car?
Old ones had a pressure siwthc, later cars had a switch on the pedal. Later ones are quite easy to knock the connections off.

[nomininolife]

But a faulty switch would mean that both lights would not work.

[Guess-Works.com]

So one of your brake lights is not working, silly question, but have you changed the bulb ?

[day101]

Right, checked the blubs today and they work fine when the head lights are on, took the wires of the pedal switch and bypassed the switch and nothing still so i dont think its the switch the blubs are ok, going to get a tester on it see if there is any current going throu or not and try and trace it back. any advice or not guys? the car is also a G reg

Edited by day101, 21 August 2006 - 05:49 PM.

[day101]

anyone?

[Guess-Works.com]

You do realise the brake light bulb is a twin fillament bulb so the side lights is a different circuit to the brakes... so your sidelights may still work but the fillament for the brakes could be blown...

Easy way to check, one look at the bulb, and two, swap the ns and os bulbs, if the problem mves then the problems with the bulb, if it stays where it is, then the problems with the wiring.