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MoNGooSE
 Post subject: Brake lights have stopped working altogether...
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:56 pm 
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A bloke following me tonight told me I had no brake lights...

I checked when I got home and sure enough... no lights at all.

My parker tail lights are still working.

My globes are fine.

The fuse has not blown.

My cruise control is still working...

Any ideas?????

I'd do a search but it's not working and I'd love to get this fixed sooner rather than later...
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zacha001
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:59 pm 
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Similar thing happened to me and it was a dodgy brake light switch. it's a switch attached to your brake pedal that activates the lights when it is pressed.

Check that.

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MoNGooSE
 Post subject: Re: Brake lights have stopped working altogether...
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:00 pm 
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zacha001 wrote:
Similar thing happened to me and it was a dodgy brake light switch. it's a switch attached to your brake pedal that activates the lights when it is pressed.

Check that.

Zacha001


Could that also effect the auto-cancelling of my cruise control?
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MoNGooSE
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:10 pm 
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Never mind!... Problem solved!

Electrical tie will do the job nicely.
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Kenay
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:15 pm 
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what was it...
electrical tie? u dodgy bugger
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MoNGooSE
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:24 pm 
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Kenay wrote:
what was it...


loose switch...

Kenay wrote:
electrical tie? u dodgy bugger


That's how I roll......

Besides, where the hell am I going to find a brake light switch at 10pm???
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Kenay
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:58 pm 
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lol good point as long as you fix it properly
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SLY40L
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:10 am 
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They just need a good kick every now and then :lol:
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MoNGooSE
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:42 pm 
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Kenay wrote:
lol good point as long as you fix it properly


Wash your mouth out!

An electrical tie is more than fixing it properly!
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Rick's EF Fairmont Wagon
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:06 pm 
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has happened to me several times.
my last one came from Repco and is working great under $10

 

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