Does the high level brake light work?

Have you check fuses or Brake swtich at the top of the brake pedal?

 

Hi mate, no i haven't checked fuses as of yet as i dion't know where they are in the car (like i say very limited knowledge of the car in general...) and i was unaware of there being a 'brake switch' on top of the pedal? what is that and what does it do?

 

your Central fuse box is located behind the glovebox, you have to remove the glovebox (open the glovebox and squeeze in the side gently and ease it down on both side, the glove box should now be loose at the top, let it drop slightly and pull each side, you will see where its attached at the bottom and pull the out)

you should not see the central fusebox....Fuse F93 is brake lights aand should be 10amp.

The switch is located at the top of the brake pedal, when you push the brake it releases the switch completing the circuit and your brake lights come on.

This switch can fail or stick so the brake light doesn't come on, you remove the switch by twisting it (clockwise) gently, it can be stiff.

The plunger on the switch (the part that goes though the hole) pull it gently to fully extend it, to refit you need to push in the brake pedal and twist anti-clockwise, when you release the brake pedal you should hear a clicking sound from the switch as it resets to the correct depth.

 

Thanks very much for the advice mate i will try giving all that a bash tonight and hopefully it'll do the trick!

 

I wonder what the outcome of this one was I have the same problem, I checked the fuse which is fine, looking at a similar thread it mentions the fuse also operates the high level light, so could it be the pedal switch? although that would seem unlikely?

Cheers

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