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tomgibbon - 24 Oct 2006 19:46 GMT

I've recently bought a 51 plate 1.6 Focus Zetec and the brake lights are
stuck on when driving. Any ideas how I can solve this?

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Chris Whelan - 24 Oct 2006 21:48 GMT

> I've recently bought a 51 plate 1.6 Focus Zetec and the brake lights are
> stuck on when driving. Any ideas how I can solve this?

The brake light switch sits above the brake pedal, and uses a sort of
half-turn bayonet fixing. If the car was valeted before you got it, perhaps
the switch has been dislodged from the bracket. This would put the lights
on.

Chris

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tomgibbon - 25 Oct 2006 12:31 GMT

Thanks for that. I've since realised that the brake lights come on when the
lights are switched on as if they're wired into the wrong circuit. Has anyone
had similar problems?

>> I've recently bought a 51 plate 1.6 Focus Zetec and the brake lights are
>> stuck on when driving. Any ideas how I can solve this?
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>Chris

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Chris Whelan - 25 Oct 2006 12:50 GMT

> Thanks for that. I've since realised that the brake lights come on when
> the lights are switched on as if they're wired into the wrong circuit. Has
> anyone had similar problems?

Remove *one* stop/tail light bulb. Check to see if the fault is still
present on the remaining bulb. If it's OK, chuck the bulb you removed and
fit a new one.

If the fault persists after removing the first bulb, replace it and then
remove the other one. Re-check for proper operation. If OK, chuck the
removed bulb and fit a new one.

If the fault persists with either bulb missing then please post back.

HTH

Chris

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