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Title: Intermittant display message
Post by: MV6Matt on 29 December 2007, 09:56:46

Hello Folks,
Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Started getting 'Brakelight' & CHECK on the display on the drive back from the in-laws om Thursday
Checked, checked again and all three lights fine and dandy. Keep getting the message and it keeps disappearing.
Is this the start of something more grim or is it a common problem (driving a 98 CDX Estate)?

Where do I start to look and what am I looking for?

Any info much apprieciated
Ta
matthew

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: amba on 29 December 2007, 10:02:05

Sounds like the resistance in one of the bulbs is failling although bulb will still illuminate.Had a similar problem a few years ago with my previous cdx..eneded up replacing all brake/rear bulbs with Genuine GM bulbs and problem cured..seems strange why only GM bulbs seem to cure  as they look identical to the Halfords type,but they didn,t cure it..best of luck and take a trip to local stealer for bulbs

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: MV6Matt on 29 December 2007, 10:07:44

Ok I'll give that a go!

Cheers!
Matthew

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: bruce on 29 December 2007, 10:33:54

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Sounds like the resistance in one of the bulbs is failling although bulb will still illuminate.Had a similar problem a few years ago with my previous cdx..eneded up replacing all brake/rear bulbs with Genuine GM bulbs and problem cured..seems strange why only GM bulbs seem to cure  as they look identical to the Halfords type,but they didn,t cure it..best of luck and take a trip to local stealer for bulbs

Thanks amba.

I was wondering why the same message was showing up after replacing the two bulbs before Xmas..but the brake lights were coming on..

Cheers mate will pop down and get new ones from Vx :y :y

Bruce

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: Markjay on 29 December 2007, 10:42:18

Keep changing the brake light until you find a couple of bulbs that the MID is happy with... or better still get Vx bulbs.

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: mark.adams on 29 December 2007, 10:56:22

Any idea who makes the Vx bulbs, it would be good to buy them cheaper than Vx if possible

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 29 December 2007, 11:01:22

I always use Halfords bulbs....my mid seems happy with them  8-)

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: Jay w on 29 December 2007, 11:44:58

i use lucas bulbs, mid seems to shut up once they have those

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: Kevin Wood on 29 December 2007, 16:13:04

It's worth checking and if necessary cleaning up the lamp holders in the rear light clusters. A poor connection to the bulb could be the culprit.

Kevin

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: Mike Collins on 29 December 2007, 17:34:10

Do you also find your cruise control fails with poor brake lamps?

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: alanfp on 29 December 2007, 20:51:35

BMWs tend to behave the same (I used to have one).

Ended up buying bulbs from the stealer... 2 bulbs probably cost me £2.30 instead of £1.99 in Halfords.  If it cures the problem, getting items that work, I'd pay the extra - I'm guessing it can't be that much dearer.

Title: Re: Intermittant display message
Post by: Elite Pete on 29 December 2007, 21:19:39

last time I bought a bulb from the dealers I went in at 11.55 am, the parts bloke said he had turned the computer off so give us 50p.  :y