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And no, it's not the bulb - changed it twice just in case Any thoughts on why this might be? I assume it is not separately fused and works in circuit with the main brake lights? The loom looks to be intact so I'm kinda scratching my head on this one. When I get a minute I'll go over everything with a voltmeter and try and sort it out, but I thought someone may have come across this before??

it's common on NAs since the wiring tied to the bootlid hinge breaks after lots of bending from the bonnet going up & down

Yeah, likely the wire. Mine's broken several times, most recently the earth wire was broken somewhere back into the loom so I had to run a separate earth wire.

^^ what they said. It might not be obvious to the eye as the insulation around the wire can be intact, but the wire itself can be broken.



J

Ditto ^^
simple enough that even I fixed it all by my very own.

Does your horn still work? apparently the third/high mount brake light is on the same circuit.

Strangly enough, my centre light worked while the boot was up, so as I was testing it with the multi-meter, all was good, yet I was still being told it wasn't working. The boot needed to be closed to break the circuit.

Plus, your rear was repaired, so it may be related to that ?

Yep - thats what I was thinking. It is likely a break up near the hinge area methinks. I will also check the horn is working tomorrow. Thanks guys!

If you have someone activate the brake you can check with multimeter or test probe to see if the wire is hot.. and trace back. I would have thought the centre high mounted stop light would be on a different circuit to your rear combo lights as a safety feature. If the fuse goes you would expect one circuit to still function rather than lose all 3 stop light function.

Checked the manual - same fuse runs all brake lights and horn, so its not that, therefore must be the wiring. Will do some meter work shortly...

bruce wrote:Plus, your rear was repaired, so it may be related to that ?

I wouldnt go talking about bigdogs rear if I was you Bruce

bigdog have you ascertained what the problem was?

Not yet... won't get a chance till Sunday. Will let you know

Simple to fix - two broken earth wires in the loom at the boot hinge, one for the centre brake light and one for the right hand boot/number plate light. all good now