Lude Generation

Hey guy's so lastnight on the way back home my hand brake & brake lamp light came on so thinking i had a brake light out as i came home i checked as you do, to find that both brake lights were still working so after a little research iv found my brake lamp relay has gone

Could anybody point me in the right direction or link me to any links where i could buy a new repay or get the old one repaired?? I will be very greatful

Sorry to ask silly questions, but have you checked the brake fluid level is correct? If the relay was the issue I'd not expect you to have any brakelights at all? Also, you didn't fit LED bulbs perchance? If they don't have ballast they make the old check circuits think the bulb is dead.

indigolemon wrote:Sorry to ask silly questions, but have you checked the brake fluid level is correct? If the relay was the issue I'd not expect you to have any brakelights at all? Also, you didn't fit LED bulbs perchance? If they don't have ballast they make the old check circuits think the bulb is dead.

All bubles are working rear lights and brake lights i haven't changed anything to LED either, when i start the car up all dash lights are off as normal but as soon as i hit the brake, that's when my dash lights for hand brake and brake lamp come on and stay on ? I haven't yet checked my brake fluid levels to be honest ill so i will go have a little look to see if everything is correct with that

Yep, sounds just like low brake fluid

Or an ALB fault

my money is on the dash cluster as when i had this sameish problems thats what cured mine not sure how similar the 3rd and 4th gen systems are though

wurlycorner wrote:Yep, sounds just like low brake fluid

Brake fluid all checked and it's full to the top nowhere near low :/ checked all wiring around the brake fuild pump everything seems in place nothing seems out of place or torn!

I try this
change all your bulbs at the rear with some new ones although they seem to work ok
Worked a treat for me when I had the same brake lamp problem

Samiya85 wrote:I try this
change all your bulbs at the rear with some new ones although they seem to work ok
Worked a treat for me when I had the same brake lamp problem

Thanks dude i will give this a try

Problem fixed thank you all for the input it was so simple all down to a damn faulty buble light lol