piccasso Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Hi I've just upgraded to a Ford Focus MkII estate 1.6 TDCI I was driving last night and noticed that the O/S brake light not working but the O/S side light and reversing light working fine have changed bulb and still nothing. the centre brake light and N/S brake/side/reversing working fine also.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 sounds like its either not earthed, or its not a good connection, is the holder rusty at all? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alz Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 the new bulb could be duff, change it with the bulb from the other side..to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piccasso Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 The Holder looks totally clean I pop to store tomorrow and buy a couple of new bulbs just to make sure its not them. not sure where that will earth to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piccasso Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Thanks jeebowhite it turned out to be a bad earth . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 fantastic! glad to be of help, so how did you resolve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piccasso Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 Took it to a friend who's a bit more savvy than i am he said that it was the bulb fitting not earthing correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 thats fair enough, so probably just a clean up of the old contacts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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