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Old 13-02-2014, 07:30 AM
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Good morning, I have a Focus on 06 plate, the problem I am having is when I touch the brake pedal the dash board lights come on and when I stop and remove the key the engine still runs until I turn off the lights ?
Old 13-02-2014, 12:30 PM
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Almost certainly has the wrong tail/brake light bulb fitted which is causing a short between the brake and sidelight circuit.
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Originally Posted by RichieST
Almost certainly has the wrong tail/brake light bulb fitted which is causing a short between the brake and sidelight circuit.
defo what he said
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Does sound like it, never seen that causing car to keep running though.
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Thank you, traced fault to faulty brake light
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