Rear brake lights

Post by **Drax** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:36 pm

had the rear brake light occasionally come on for a long long time - ignored it as it was so rare an occurrence.

now, it comes on every time and i have zero brakes lights, including the 3rd brake light. bulbs seems fine, fuse checks ok.

....now where do i go? lol

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:07 pm

the fault indicator unit in the bulb holder??

Post by **Drax** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:27 pm

mercutio wrote:the fault indicator unit in the bulb holder??

ya wha wha

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:31 pm

the plastic backing bit that holds all the bulbs???? has a little box attached its a bulb fault indicator

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:14 pm

Check the switch on the pedal.

Post by **Drax** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:30 pm

mercutio wrote:the plastic backing bit that holds all the bulbs???? has a little box attached its a bulb fault indicator

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never seen or heard of it lol but ill check it out now - is it part of the plastic unit holding in the bulbs?

Vtecmec wrote:Check the switch on the pedal.

hhmm will check this now, not sure what im looking for but ill go check it out cheers

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:43 pm

It's a small cylindrical plunger switch, operated by the pedal itself. Effectively it switches the brake light on and off.

Post by **Drax** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:03 pm

Vtecmec wrote:It's a small cylindrical plunger switch, operated by the pedal itself. Effectively it switches the brake light on and off.

got it. seems in good nick, looks like theres a sensor and assembly the other side of the pedal with wiring, could be that sensor gone so ill source another and swap it. @bri - got one?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:07 pm

Just unplug the wiring and check for conductivity across the pins on the switch when it's pressed, rather than just swapping it as it might not be your issue.

Post by **Drax** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:14 pm

Vtecmec wrote:Just unplug the wiring and check for conductivity across the pins on the switch when it's pressed, rather than just swapping it as it might not be your issue.

gotcha! i shall get a multimeter this week and check it out, thanks bud!

edit: finally found the section on the manual for it