Focus brake lights stuck on

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October 24, 2006, 2:47 pm
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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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October 24, 2006, 4:50 pm
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Re: Focus brake lights stuck on



tomgibbon wrote:


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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October 25, 2006, 7:31 am
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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?

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tomgibbon via CarKB.com wrote:


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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