No Brake Lights

[marlboro]

Anyone had problems with the brake light switch? Found out this weekend my brake lights are operating intermittantly. So put a voltmeter across the connections and found 12v as you would expect. Then operated the switch and saw 0v. Checked the lights and they were working again. I guess I have a dodgy switch or wiring. Could this be caused by something else?

Is the brake light switch a Ford/Other part or is this a TVR part. ('96 4.0).

[ChimeraWolf]

Try taking out the bulbs and putting them back in again. Mine were coming on intermittently and after just jigging them around a bit, all was fine!

Regards,
Shane

[yum]

The brake light switch can die - mine did last year. It's a cheap part (probably why it broke). £4 from a dealer but you can probably get one from Halfords or a good motor factor. Sits above the brake pedal.

R

[.mark]

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Try taking out the bulbs and putting them back in again.
Regards,
Shane

Shane,
I bet you work in IT, and I bet at some point you've suported the Windows environment!

[anonomouse]

I had a similar problem on my chimaera. My brake lights would stay on for a short time after starting up or come on when I would accelerate as hard as I could. This was quite amusing especially when people were trying to keep up with me.

It was a loose switch on the brake pedal. Minor adjustment and it works fine now.

[squirrelz]

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Try taking out the bulbs and putting them back in again.
Regards,
Shane

Shane,
I bet you work in IT, and I bet at some point you've suported the Windows environment!

C'mon, if it was like windows, he'd be suggesting that you just got out of the car and back in again.....

[shpub]

Ho Ho Ho but the point of taking the bulb out and putting it back is right as they can be put in the wrong way round and fail.

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

[marlboro]

Cheers all, was the brake pedal switch.

Here's a tip for longer lasting bulbs.....
Buy genuine motorcycle stop/tail bulbs. They have an extra support within the bulb for the filaments and are less susceptable to vibration. Found this out when I had my R1 (that's a motorcycle for those who don't know).