1 out of 3 brake lights working!

Hi All

The two main brake lights on my 1999 Deisel have stopped working. The middle one above the spare is still ok. I've checked the fuses, the bulbs and the lamp housings for water ingress etc and all seems ok. The circuit diagram in my Paynes manual says both lights are routed through the 'Header joint K109'. Seems the next logical place to look. I've searched the car and the internet and I can't find the thing. Any kind soul out there know where I might find the little devil?

Ta muchly

The connector you are looking for is YELLOW ( C 291 ) and is located on Harness near R/HAND REAR Shock Turret behind trim panel in rear load space compartment, check for corrosion etc.

Thanks SJ5, I'll take a look first thing!

Ta

Ok, I've found the connectorand and it then occurred to me that the two brake light wires join before they get to the connector (in the wiring diagram). If they do not then the likelihood two seperate connections, failing when the others in the connector are ok is pretty small. So I'm busy stripping of the insulation on the loom to find if there is an in-line joint. I've found other wires joined two into one in this way, so I think this might be possible. I hope so, coz the next step is to prise open the connector and I cant do this until I've labelled each wire and sketched the pin out. I just know the 18 wires that run into the connector are going to all pop out when I manage to pull it apart.

Someone on another thread said that brake light failure can affect engine performance (wrong voltages, emu, stuff that goes over my head). This would be pretty amazing as for the last few weeks my engine cuts out every time I reach 3200 revs. Can these two things really be related in this way?

Thanks again sparkyjohn... the connector was exactly right where you siad it would be.

The brakelight failure you mentioned is a new one on me and highly unlikely as you still had one brake light working so fault is at rear of car and any signal that would affect ECU engine management would come from front. Brake light signal would affect Cruise Control and ABS though including Traction Control on some vehicles, depending on specification.