High Mounted Rear Braking Light

[riversider]

hello my ford galaxy has failed its MOT its a 1998 2litre ,the high mounted rear brake light is not working but the other 2 rear brake lights are ok.I have checked the bulbs and fuses and they are ok, are the 3 rear brake lights on the same circuit and is there anything else i can do to get the light to work i could disconnect the light to get it past the MOT but i would prefer the light to be working?

 

 

thank you for any help.

[RADIOTWO]

hello my ford galaxy has failed its MOT its a 1998 2litre ,the high mounted rear brake light is not working but the other 2 rear brake lights are ok.I have checked the bulbs and fuses and they are ok, are the 3 rear brake lights on the same circuit and is there anything else i can do to get the light to work i could disconnect the light to get it past the MOT but i would prefer the light to be working?

 

 

thank you for any help.

Hi and welcome,

 

First of all how did you check the high level bulbs? and If the bulbs are ok and still not working, it is possably a break in

the wiring going from the car to the tailgate, poss in the rubber !

 

and with regards to the MOT:

 

High level brake lamps are tested. These are usually mounted in spoilers or on the rear window. Since these lamps are over and above the current legal requirements they are treated more leniently. For example, if a high level lamp is not working and you say it is broken some testers will fail you but if you say it is disconnected then as far as the law is concerned it is not a lamp checking whether it is broken or disconnected is beyond testers ability unless they stripped the car down so they have to pass you

 

Radiotwo

[riversider]

hello RADIOTWO thanxs for the reply,firstly i put the old bulbs from the brake light into the number plate light as i was replacing them at the same time and they worked fine ,secondly the man in the mot test centre said that even though its on the fail list when i come back after rectifying all the other faults if i disconnect the connection to the high brake light he will pass it as its not connected up but i would prefer it to be working.The wire goes from the rear door down the rubber to the right hand side rear break light ,do you recommend that i replace this wire as maybe it is the cause?

[gregers]

hi and welcome,try using the search button at the top of the page lots of useful info thats been posted over the years for most of the problems we all encounter with the galaxy(al/shaz)

or look in the faqs in technical section.

 

i think this is along the lines in what your looking for or do a search for rear door wiring

http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...ost&p=64104

Edited June 9, 2007 by gregers

[riversider]

will do as you suggested gregers,cheers.

[Wagomatic]

Riversider,

 

Don't know if this is of any use or not, but on my 1998 2.3Ghia I found a break in both the 'supply' and earth cables to the High level brake light.

[riversider]

cheers for the help i sorted the problem out,i found one of the two small wires had broken in half(black+red,i think) this was located in the rubber thingy majig that is attached from the rear door to the car, thanks .

[big_kev]

Would advise to check all the cables ( behind the rubber thingy majig ) as usually there are several broken.