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Old 22-02-2011, 05:33 PM
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my Mk1 RS is playing up. When i apply the brake my headlights and dash lights come on and when i switch the lights on my brake lights come on perminantly.

Any ideas??

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Old 22-02-2011, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BAM_S2
my Mk1 RS is playing up. When i apply the brake my headlights and dash lights come on and when i switch the lights on my brake lights come on perminantly.

Any ideas??

Cheers

Bam
I dont know on a focus - but sounds like a bad earth somewhere...

Try in the boot (this is usually the first place you'll get a bad earth on the lighting circuits) find where the rear lights get their earth in the boot (should be a wire or two going to a self-tapping screw in the body) and see if its loose/fell out.

If not then get your torch out and start looking around the engine bay at all the earths bolted to the body.

I've got a dicky earth in the boot of my orion, every now and then my lights go all weird (press the brake pedal and the fog lamp switch lights up - switch indicator on, and the sidelight and indicator light flash alternatively) - wiggle the earth in the boot and it all goes away - till something rolling around in the boot smacks it again!

Hope this helps....
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cheers mate, really appreciate the help will give it a try mate!

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