Newgendesign Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Today my mate was following me and later he anounced that one of my brake lights didnt come on. When the brake pedal is pressed: BOTH the passenger side both reds come on and on the driver side only one of the pair comes on. When dark, and the beams are put on obviously both rear pairs illumiate red (therefore bulb hasnt gone). Is this normal? Without having anything to compare it to I dont know what is normal! Jez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Originally posted by Newgendesign When dark, and the beams are put on obviously both rear pairs illumiate red (therefore bulb hasnt gone). Are you talking about tail lights here? - You are aware that the bulbs are stop and tail light? - Sounds like a blown brake light element to me... Change the bulb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newgendesign Posted February 22, 2004 Author Share Posted February 22, 2004 Yes they are the rears. Thanks for the advice - I havent had them apart before. Is it normal to have both rear lights come on when braking then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeT Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Originally posted by Newgendesign Yes they are the rears. Thanks for the advice - I havent had them apart before. Is it normal to have both rear lights come on when braking then? on a j-spec yes. someone also might have done some silly foglight conversion to it. do you have a seperate foglight on back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newgendesign Posted February 22, 2004 Author Share Posted February 22, 2004 Thats another point: foglight conversion: I havent got a separate foglight (i.e bolted to the rear) therefore I suspect there is somthing wierd going on in there. Another thing is the fact that I dont actually have a switch in the cabin that operates this elusive foglight - I do get a warning indicator light on when I switch the beams on (Ive heard this is an issue to do with the funny foglight modifications) Bit confused really! Jez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 My rear light went just the other day. The rear lights/brake lights are a double filament non capped bulb. It is possible for the brake light to go independent to the rear light. Just go to your local motor factors to replace it, or go to Halfrauds, they only charge 28 pence more than my local motor factors for the bulb. Ben.. P.S. I refused to drive mine in the dark due to the stupid looking rear light situation. I now have a few spares in the boot for this reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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