Rear Brake Warning Lights

[glenn]

Hi all. On my Galaxy when ever I start it I have the 2 rear lights show up on the dash display of the car, but as soon as I press the brake pedal they go off and don't show again till I re-start the car. I've checked all bulbs and they are fine and working. Does anyone know the reason for this please or have I just missed something silly?

[chrispb123456]

Thats the bulb failure working correctly, when the light stays on then you have a problem

[bingo nightly]

Yes indeed it is all as it should be. The bulb failure test is not confirmed until the circuit is completed by you applying the brakes for the first time after start up. If the go out then that all is fine.

[glenn]

Ok thats good to know. Thanks for confirming that for me guys.

[zorgman]

Hi all. On my Galaxy when ever I start it I have the 2 rear lights show up on the dash display of the car, but as soon as I press the brake pedal they go off and don't show again till I re-start the car. I've checked all bulbs and they are fine and working. Does anyone know the reason for this please or have I just missed something silly?

well thats supposed to happen it shows the brake bulbs are working duh!

if there on you have a bulb out works with both stop and tail you cant check bulb unless you press brake or turn lights on

[cprob]

I have the same thing but the lights don't go out when I press the pedal. I've checked the bulbs and they are fine!

 

Any ideas anyone?

[chrispb123456]

Are your brake lights actually working? if no then probably brake light switch.

[madpete]

theres 2 bulbs each side make sure both bulbs each side are working.

[cprob]

All bulbs are working and so are the brake lights.

[seatkid]

Make sure you have the correct bulbs in the correct way round.

 

Each light cluster has two bulbs, one 5w single filament , the other is a dual filament 5/21W with offset pins - make sure this bulb is inserted the correct way round. Both bulbs should be lit when the parking/headlights are on. i.e. a total of 6 bulbs lit at the back when parking lights are on if you include the number plate lights. Check both number plate lights (5W each) are working and all brake lights are working fully. - One each side plus high level light.

 

Please note LED replacements will trigger the warning as they dont take the correct current.

[AMacdonald]

My Mk1 Diesel has decided to display the rear bulb warnings whenever the lights are on. Oddly, they go off when I press the brake. Sometimes they flicker rather than staying on all the time. I've looked for dodgy connections but not found anything. All lamps are OK so I just regard the warning lamps as "lights-on" indicators now.

[BigRik13]

It's normal if they turn on when you've just started the car. Then will go out when you press the brake pedal - see the replies above. If they're flickering then I reckon you've probably got some chaffing in the wires leading to the trunk door, or the brake pedal switch, as above, is on the way out. Give these components a wiggle and see if that causes the flickering to worsen.