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iamdan
iamdan Posts: 2,423
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Please feel free to delete this thread but I need some advice..

Everytime I brake when the headlights are on, one of the tail lights goes off and the other shines brighter..

Any car geniuses on here?
Ta

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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,226
    iamdan said:

    Please feel free to delete this thread but I need some advice..

    Everytime I brake when the headlights are on, one of the tail lights goes off and the other shines brighter..

    Any car geniuses on here?
    Ta

    I'm guessing a Ford?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,717
    Sounds like an earthing issue, how old's the car?
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,423
    cafcfan said:

    iamdan said:

    Please feel free to delete this thread but I need some advice..

    Everytime I brake when the headlights are on, one of the tail lights goes off and the other shines brighter..

    Any car geniuses on here?
    Ta

    I'm guessing a Ford?
    Correct...
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,423
    DaveMehmet said:

    Sounds like an earthing issue, how old's the car?

    58 plate.

  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,219
    Could just be a bad bulb, or the wrong bulb. Otherwise a bad earth as others have suggested.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,226
    Ford wiring looms/earthing are not the work of geniuses.
    I seem to recall some had a recall. Might be worth checking that for your model before paying for anything?
  • cazo
    cazo Posts: 1,488
    Fuses
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    You shouldn't make light of this fault. You need someone bright to get it sorted for you.
  • Daggs
    Daggs Posts: 1,344
    Corroded earth point/s. probably in the rear light clusters. Nothing to do with fuses.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,898
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    You shouldn't make light of this fault. You need someone bright to get it sorted for you.

    What you mean a sort of bright spark you mean Brendan.

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  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Dodgy earth
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RedChaser said:

    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    You shouldn't make light of this fault. You need someone bright to get it sorted for you.

    What you mean a sort of bright spark you mean Brendan.
    Exactly! They should indicate their expertise as well!!
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,051
    iamdan said:

    Please feel free to delete this thread but I need some advice..

    Everytime I brake when the headlights are on, one of the tail lights goes off and the other shines brighter..

    Any car geniuses on here?
    Ta

    How do you know......
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,898
    edited October 2015
    Addickted said:

    Dodgy earth

    Never been the same since those asteroids wiped out the dinosaurs plus a bit of volcanic activity apparantly :neutral:

    Edit; talking of dinosaurs I understand Katrien doesn't love me and my ilk anymore :-(
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,201
    Don't drive at night
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,072
    Possibly water getting into the lights and mucking up the connections. Lots of French cars seem to suffer from this too.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,491
    Loads of people drive about with this issue. Sometimes the indicator flashes and the tail lights flash as well. Bizzare
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,423
    Sorted. Only took month and a half :)
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    New car?
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,213
    cafcfan said:

    Ford wiring looms/earthing are not the work of geniuses.
    I seem to recall some had a recall. Might be worth checking that for your model before paying for anything?

    On the way back from beating QPR in a cup game, my mk1 escort wiring loom caught fire as I joined the M25. Fortunately it blew itself out before it made it to the interior of the car, but I still had to push it across three lanes of traffic without dying.

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  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,485
    I think all this stuff about wiring is way off the mark. Your car is merely possessed. Get it exorcised by a priest and you'll be fine.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,226
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    I think all this stuff about wiring is way off the mark. Your car is merely possessed. Get it exorcised by a priest and you'll be fine.

    Aah! Christine the '58 Plymouth Fury. Good movie.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    JiMMy 85 said:

    cafcfan said:

    Ford wiring looms/earthing are not the work of geniuses.
    I seem to recall some had a recall. Might be worth checking that for your model before paying for anything?

    On the way back from beating QPR in a cup game, my mk1 escort wiring loom caught fire as I joined the M25. Fortunately it blew itself out before it made it to the interior of the car, but I still had to push it across three lanes of traffic without dying.
    What are you doing getting the M25 back from QPR ??!!

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