BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING

[ruffy]

I FINALLY SOLD MY OLD S REG PEUGEOT 406 ESTATE, AS A GOOD WILL GESTURE I TOLD THE GUY THAT I SOLD IT TO ANY PROBLEMS GIVE ME A SHOUT, I WILL DO ANY THING TO HELP A FELLOW 406 OWNER OUT, HES COME BACK TO ME SAYING THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING, IVE HAD A LOOK AT IT, THE ONLY BRAKE LIGHT THAT WORKS IS THE LARGE ONE OVER THE REAR WINDOW, IVE CHEKED THE FUSES THEY SEEM OK,THE REST OF THE BACK LIGHTS INDICATORS WORK ITS ONLY THE BRAKE LIGHTS THAT DONT WORK,ANY IDEAS THANKS TONY

[Leopold]

It may be the actual bulbs themselves, as they are double filament type one of the filaments have gone.

[jasper5]

I agree, when both bulbs have gone, people think there's an unusual fault, I had this on a Rover this last wednesday.

If the top light works, the circuit must be working.

[ruffy]

IVE TRIED THE BULBS IN MY OTHER PUG AND THEY ARE OK

[mjb]

1. Turn caps lock off.

2. Could be a break in the wire somewhere. If you look at the Haynes you should be able to work out where it could be. A multimeter will confirm

[ruffy]

before i sold the car the lights were ok, the only thing i have done was removed the buls for spares,the guy who bought the car put new ones in, i dont think its a broken wire, ive looked on other forums and this seems to be a common problem