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Erroneous Brake Light Out Indication
Posted by Trionic900 (more from Trionic900) on Sun, 13 Oct 2002 14:44:45
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

     I had the same brakelight failure warning on my '95 SET drive me crazy. 
I would get the warning at startup or when I backed out of the garage and 
applied the brakes. I would check the brake lights (L, R & CTR) and they 
would always be okay. One day, as I pulled out of my parking spot at work, 
the warning light lit up and the chime sounded. Luckily, a colleague was 
right behind me. Without taking my foot off the brake, I stuck my head out of 
the window and yelled at him to check my brake lights- classy eh? Sure 
enough, he told me that the center brake light was out. Upon removing the 
hatchback lid trim (when I got home) , I found that the connector to the 
center brake light was properly secured in its socket and the bulbs were 
good. When I propped the brake pedal in the applied position, the center 
light worked! As insurance, I used some small nylock ties to hold the plug in 
it's socket even tighter. Everything was okay for awhile, but the warning 
lights and chimes for brakelight failure began to reappear. Electrical 
gemlins! 
     Long story short (almost too late for that now), I bought a new plug for 
the center brake light at my local dealer. I installed the wires (2) and 
attached terminal pins into the correct holes on the new plug (there are 3 
holes)- problem solved. A note of advice, I was unable to release the 
terminal pins from the old socket- they have barbs that secure them. Using a 
'hot knife' attachment for a soldering gun, I cut open the old socket and 
removed the wires undamaged. 
     My best guess as to the cause of this was vibration and temperature 
change would cause intermittent contact with the brakelight terminals due to 
a poor fitting plug. I hope your problem is as simple and cheap to fix! 
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