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  1. 3rd June 2015, 01:05 PM #1
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    Brake light switch failure

    I've just had a message appear on the dash. Brake light switch failure. A quick check and removal of the switch and I agree! It looks like it got pretty hot

    New switch to be installed later today

    Gary
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  2. 3rd June 2015, 07:16 PM #2
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    How did you go with the new switch? Will the same happen to the new one?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony Violi View Post
    How did you go with the new switch? Will the same happen to the new one?
    New switch is in and working ($35 from local LR Dealer) hopefully it's not going to suffer the same fate as its predecessor.

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    By chance do you have a trailer brake controller too? A mate had the same thing happen and it came down to the brake controller cooking the brake switch.
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    I wired my brake controller in to the brake light wire at the BECM. Seemed a lot easier than climbing under the dash to tap in to the brake switch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keithy P38 View Post
    By chance do you have a trailer brake controller too? A mate had the same thing happen and it came down to the brake controller cooking the brake switch.
    No trailer brake controller. My boat trailer has override brakes. I did hire a small trailer over the weekend though for a few mulch collections and tip runs. Possibly dodgy wiring on the hire trailer?

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  7. 4th June 2015, 04:41 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keithy P38 View Post
    By chance do you have a trailer brake controller too? A mate had the same thing happen and it came down to the brake controller cooking the brake switch.
    Seems like it's something worth looking at with the brake controller and possibly a job for a relay

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    I had a similar switch failure on my old d2, it didn't have a brake controller fitted, I put it down to high resistive contacts.
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