BrianAll Posted February 2, 2007 Report Posted February 2, 2007 Hello. Forum very useful in helping me track down my 'Relay 109' problem at end of last year.Today's problem is high level light not working. Have read other postings about broken wire in tailgate.Can anyone who has tracked down their broken wire tell me where they found the break, just to help me get to the problem quicker please ?Looks like I could be there for hours trying to track it down. A few pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian (Norwich) Quote
NikpV Posted February 2, 2007 Report Posted February 2, 2007 usually where the loom goes through the rubber boot in between tailgate and frame - iirc RHS I think Quote
BrianAll Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Posted February 4, 2007 Thanks Nik, I will start there now. Will post what I find. Cheers, Brian Quote
BrianAll Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Posted February 5, 2007 Thanks Nik and Shane, as soon as I lifted the tailgate I could see the black plastic socket/cover that clips into the metal of the tailgate had popped out, and the 10-15 wires that the rubber boot contains were all getting nipped/crushed each time the tail is closed. 2 had severed completely and 6 or 7 were intact but bearing exposed wires. I reconnected the broken wires and went mad with the insulation tape on all the others. Result: high level brake light now works again. Thanks for your help. As usual I should have got onto this as soon as the light came on instead of stressing about it for 6 months. The red handbrake light still comes on after car gets to about 15mph. I thought this would not happen once I'd fixed the high level light. The ABS light still comes on and stays on from starting (I think the front nearside sensor needs attention). I am guessing that now the rear ligh level light is fixed the reason for the red light coming on after 15mph is due to the ABS not working, so when I get the ABS light to go out the red one will stop coming on. These things are sent to try us. Cheers, Brian :lol: Quote
BrianAll Posted February 5, 2007 Author Report Posted February 5, 2007 Hi, just spent over an hour on ready the search results from 'ABS light' and reckon the CV ring is the culprit. The car is with the MOT mechanic as I am typing ths, so lets hope he is smart and refers to this Forum if he doesn't already know. I should have looked on the Forum earlier. I thought the answer to my problem would be to get hold of VAG-com, but now I realise I just need to be more patient and make more time to read through the Forum postings. Thanks guys, will keep you posted. Cheers, Brian Quote
NikpV Posted February 5, 2007 Report Posted February 5, 2007 The car is with the MOT mechanic oops I thought the ABS light on was an MOT fail !! Quote
BrianAll Posted February 6, 2007 Author Report Posted February 6, 2007 Yes, you're right. MOT fail if light is on or if light doesn't work. Fortunately the mechanic I use to prepare car for MOT was aware of this and so checked out the ABS and identified a broken CV joint ABS ring (as per the many Forum posts on the subject by many other owners). Mechanic was able to fix the ring well enough to get the MOT pass and I will now source a new CV joint to replace his repair. Thanks again to the vast Forum fountain of knowledge. Happy for another year, Cheers, Brian Quote
NikpV Posted February 6, 2007 Report Posted February 6, 2007 Happy for another year, Cheers, Brian :unsure: see you next MOT then :mellow: Quote
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