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Car fault

iamdaniamdan
in General Charlton
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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  • cafcfancafcfan
    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?
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Sounds like an earthing issue, how old's the car?
  • iamdaniamdan
    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...
  • iamdaniamdan
    DaveMehmet said:

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

    58 plate.

  • limeygentlimeygent
    Could just be a bad bulb, or the wrong bulb. Otherwise a bad earth as others have suggested.
  • cafcfancafcfan
    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?
  • cazocazo
    Fuses
  • Brendan_O_ConnellBrendan_O_Connell
    You shouldn't make light of this fault. You need someone bright to get it sorted for you.
  • DaggsDaggs
    Corroded earth point/s. probably in the rear light clusters. Nothing to do with fuses.
  • RedChaserRedChaser
    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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  • AddicktedAddickted
    Dodgy earth
  • Brendan_O_ConnellBrendan_O_Connell
    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!!
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    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......
  • RedChaserRedChaser
    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 :-(
  • FumbluffFumbluff
    Don't drive at night
  • IdleHansIdleHans
    Possibly water getting into the lights and mucking up the connections. Lots of French cars seem to suffer from this too.
  • cafcnick1992cafcnick1992
    Loads of people drive about with this issue. Sometimes the indicator flashes and the tail lights flash as well. Bizzare
  • iamdaniamdan
    Sorted. Only took month and a half :)
  • Robbo on the wingRobbo on the wing
    New car?
  • JiMMy 85JiMMy 85
    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 AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    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.
  • cafcfancafcfan
    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_PresidentThe_President
    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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