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Electrical gremlin - brake lights - ginge191 - 03-11-2012
Brake lights arn't working on the 205 - completely stumped by this.
So the rear clusters ARE working (reverse, indicators, night lights and fog lights) yet the rear brake lights don't work.
Checked the fuse - fine
Checked the switch behind the pedal (multimeter tested) - fine
Checked bulbs - fine
Checked earth - only one earth 'plug' for the back and its intact and clean
Checked plugs and socket on rear brake light cluster - fine
Also, when any electric item goes on or activates when having the radio on, it interferes (ol'skooool), so for example, i turn the wiper on, the radio gets interefered, as with the headlights, fans etc - and is the same when i press the brake, so there is 'something' there, just notillumination at all.
any ideas?
Electrical gremlin - brake lights - Jonny b - 03-11-2012
Defo earth related bud well the interference is anyways run a couple of new fresh earth points and check the cars main earths
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - C2K - 03-11-2012
You have a cabin earth awry somewhere i expect - can't be too many of them on a 205.
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - ginge191 - 03-11-2012
hm ok; i'll have a look around for any earth points - get the haynes out.
As said, the earth in the back was perfect - hence the other lights working, so is there likely to be another earth point in the front somewhere?
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - C.A.R. - 03-11-2012
On a 306 there is an earth point in the drivers footwell for example. No idea on a 205 though
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - vincent1 - 03-11-2012
how many wires are on the brake light switch if 2 can you link them together and see if the lights are on?
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - Niall - 03-11-2012
Definitely sounds like a earth issue with the interference. Or that could be totally unrelated and you could just have a broken wire somewhere!
Either way, good luck!
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - ginge191 - 03-11-2012
(03-11-2012, 05:08 PM)Niall Wrote: Definitely sounds like a earth issue with the interference. Or that could be totally unrelated and you could just have a broken wire somewhere!
Either way, good luck!
Thing is, they worked for about, 10 minutes once when we first attempted to fix it - when they worked, all we done was take everything apart that i've said above and put it back together again...
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - Poodle - 04-11-2012
That's almost certainly got to be a bad connection somewhere, no?
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - ginge191 - 05-11-2012
(04-11-2012, 09:20 AM)Poodle Wrote: That's almost certainly got to be a bad connection somewhere, no?
Top marks; i knew there was an electrician in this forum somewhere...
I know it's a dodgy connection as everything else is intact and it WAS working at one point, but checking all the points, i can't think what else to look at
RE: Electrical gremlin - brake lights - Poodle - 06-11-2012
Oh fair enough, i take it you've tested all the wires and refreshed all your plugs/sockets then?