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 Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:06 am |
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Hi I'm new so please be nice.
I'm having problems with my rear brake lights the middle one works fine now I've pushed a wire in under the glove box but I can't get the rear 2 lights to work, please help as need to try and fix it myself.
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:26 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Raunds, Northamptonshire
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1st thing to do it check fuses and bulbs. Make sure none are blown.
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:38 am |
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I've just the fuses under the drivers side and all are ok, is it easy to check the bulbs?
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:37 am |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Bulbs are easy to change, just open the boot, feel behind the light for a winged nut, unscrew it and push the light unit out from inside making sure you steady it on the outside to avoid either damaging the unit or the paintwork. Unclip the multiblock electrical connector. You should be able to see the backplate which just clips on once the unit is out. Change bulb, refit back plate, reconnect connector and then refit unit into the car making sure that the spike locates into the hole in the rear wing. Very easy to break these. Tighten wing nut and replace any trim you're displaced.
Remember that on both pre-plex and multi-plex the hi level brake light and the N/S brake light are on the same fused circuit, and the O/S brake light is on it's own fused circuit. So you can rule out the fuse for the N/S and you can also rule out the parts that are common to both circuits.
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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:34 pm |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Did you manage to get the bulbs checked?
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Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:04 pm |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2014
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Yes the brake lights work but now the indicator and light doesn't
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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:29 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Athens, Greece
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| Shill83 wrote: |
| Yes the brake lights work but now the indicator and light doesn't |
And the problem was..
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| 1.4i, 2001, 3-door, China Blue
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:28 am |
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Joined: Jan 22, 2014
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Just the2 bulbs had gone and inside had corroded
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