Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
Posts: 734
Brake switch?
My D3 has the last couple of days thrown the dash light wobbly. I get limited to limp home some F I think in the gear selected window, the suspension comes down to lowest setting and I have a warning circle and triangle. Seem to remember this light pattern from my old car too. That turned out to be battery. I recharged the battery on this car and all was well for ten miles,then again the lights. Limped home turning it on and off to reset.
I removed the bottom trim panel and removed the brake switch to give it a good dose of switch cleaner. Reinstalled and pressed my foot on the brake to test and the lights immediately came back on again on the dash and car lowered. Restarted and all was fine,pressed the brake down lightly and no lights then harder and all the lights came on again.
I assume that my brake pedal switch is kaput? Are these hard to source? It’s a doddle to change once you accept your back will never be the same again.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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30th Apr 2019 12:07 pm
discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
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On line nine quid delivered brand new. Should find out Thursday if it’s my issue.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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30th Apr 2019 12:13 pm
stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
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I keep a new one in the glove box -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
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30th Apr 2019 12:16 pm
discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
Posts: 734
Is it that regular a problem?
Good call if it is. What else is cheap and regularly goes to be worth keeping one in? It’s annoying that the car is practically unusable for a few days.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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30th Apr 2019 1:04 pm
sweetpea54321
Member Since: 23 Nov 2015
Location: Bolton
Posts: 212
stew 46 wrote:
I keep a new one in the glove box
Same here... happened to me on the motorway a couple of years ago.... not exactly the place to be turning ignition on and off to reset.
I now keep a spare in the glovebox..... easy fix and cheap as chips
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New wheel winch
Instrument upgrade (clock on dash)
D4 fascia + Garmin nuvi
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30th Apr 2019 2:03 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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stew 46 wrote:
I keep a new one in the glove box
I did, or thought I did. When had a breakdown that might have needed it, I’d left it 2,500 miles away back home.
30th Apr 2019 2:16 pm
stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
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I’m trying to build my confidence again now back in a D3 -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
30th Apr 2019 2:30 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Go on, you know you want to. I’m not sticking my toe in that particular pond as I intend to be on t’other side of the planet for a very, very long time.
Cheers.
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30th Apr 2019 2:34 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8101
discovery3ski wrote:
Is it that regular a problem?
Good call if it is. What else is cheap and regularly goes to be worth keeping one in? It’s annoying that the car is practically unusable for a few days.
Don’t forget to check brake light bulbs, they give the same symptoms It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
30th Apr 2019 3:25 pm
discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
Posts: 734
How would they suddenly effect it though? Do you mean the brake lights work or the type/ make of bulb?Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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30th Apr 2019 3:54 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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Yes to all, any anomaly with the brake lights will cause problems like yours It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
30th Apr 2019 7:13 pm
discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
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Ok, I will check the bulbs too. Cheap enough thing to check and replace if required.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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30th Apr 2019 9:05 pm
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30th Apr 2019 9:15 pm
Globetrotter448
Member Since: 21 Mar 2017
Location: Londonderry NSW
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The brake switch is cheaper if you buy from "Ford"
1st May 2019 6:04 am
Burny110
Member Since: 30 Apr 2019
Location: Stoke on trent
Posts: 8
Heard alot about break switch causing faults....anyone know why? is it a dip in electrical current or just an over reaction from the BCU?
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