Light quickly flashes once on dash when I brake

[jezvalva]

An also same one flashes once on the motion to put it in reverse. The light that flickers is the rear fog lights.




WTF?

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Been covered many of times. Have a search

Basically it's corrosion on the rear light connectors

 

[Daniel]

Earthing fault. Usually removing the wire block on the back of the light unit and cleaning up, bit of ub40 on all the contacts and bob's your monkhouse.

If you're unlucky, you may need a small screwdriver to move the pins about a bit.

It's perfectly fixable but can take a lot of faffing about.

 

[GTXMike]

Earthing fault. Usually removing the wire block on the back of the light unit and cleaning up, bit of ub40 on all the contacts and bob's your monkhouse.

If you're unlucky, you may need a small screwdriver to move the pins about a bit.

It's perfectly fixable but can take a lot of faffing about.

Oh cheers mate for help. I had that problem for a while and i didn't had a clue what to do. Should i just unplug both rear lights and clean the connectors with Electrical Cleaner then and check the earth? Or maybe with WD40?

 

[AlexW]

Clean it all etc. I tend to bend the pins so they are tight again, as thats the main issue where they get wiggled removing.

Make sure the pins are all corrosion free too.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

As said above . It's a very common fault . Mine had been doing it for a few months , especially in wet / damp weather . I checked mine the other day and there was absolutely no corrosion on the connectors , they were like new . So i just gave both connectors a good spray with WD40 and the problems gone away now .

 

[jezvalva]

Thanks guys for the quick replys.

 

[weeshawzy]

FFS

 

[Mr R.]

FFS

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