stop light on rear left intermitant

freelander1 td4 2006.please help.engine on press brake pedal spare wheel light on plus one side working the other not, checked bulb and is ok.looked at pedal switches and played with the connectors all looked ok,turned off car pressed brake pedal again all brake lights now working ok .this problem is not the first time its happened now.but mot due next week,any ideas please

It's likely the connector at the bulb or in the tail light assembly.

It the other lights are coming on - its not going to be sensors or anything like that - it will be that light which is not working. If the bulb is working, then either the light fitting itself or the wiring to or from it (eg it's earth).

thanks both of you,question where are the tail lights earthed please,plus can you please tell me something complete i would like to know.on the td4 engine.the vacuum tank,is it just an open tank inside or dose it have a on return valve inside ,because i an not shore my pipes to it are the wrong way round and will this make a difference to working egr and turbo

thanks both of you for the advice,exactly what was said,one of pins on back of bulb plug corroded,cleaned up and sprayed with contact cleaner.all good now thanks again for your help

thanks both of you for the advice,exactly what was said,one of pins on back of bulb plug corroded,cleaned up and sprayed with contact cleaner.all good now thanks again for your help

radevo said:

thanks both of you,question where are the tail lights earthed please,plus can you please tell me something complete i would like to know.on the td4 engine.the vacuum tank,is it just an open tank inside or dose it have a on return valve inside ,because i an not shore my pipes to it are the wrong way round and will this make a difference to working egr and turbo

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It may be better to ask as a new question on a new thread.

radevo said:

i would like to know.on the td4 engine.the vacuum tank,is it just an open tank inside or dose it have a on return valve inside

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It's just an empty tank, used to store additional vacuum, if you can in fact store nothing.

Nodge68 said:

if you can in fact store nothing.

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Seem to be able to do it in my bank account !

andyfreelandy said:

Seem to be able to do it in my bank account !

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Tell me about it.
There's getting entirely too much month left at the end of the money at the moment, which is why I'm exploring solar for the house.

Considered a wind turbine, then could tell supplier where to go !!

andyfreelandy said:

Considered a wind turbine, then could tell supplier where to go !!

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You'd need a combination of wind, solar and a good battery capacity too. For £25k you could go off grid, as you've the space.
Unfortunately I couldn't, as I don't have enough space to generate all the energy I need.

hanks again everyone