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[carper]

Returning home last night, I passed a parked up police car, nothing wrong with that, you see them most days.
Further along my way, I noticed in my mirror, this car rapidly getting closer, did'nt think much of it, untill they flashed the blue whirlies.
I pulled over and got out of the car, (I knew I was'nt speeding, co's thats naughty  )
They asked if I knew my high level brake light was'nt working, I said no I did'nt know, (me now thinking, is it law that because it's fitted it must work ?). So basically, they pulled me over to let me know, I said I'd get it sorted, and let me on my way.

Now, because it's a row of led's, surely they can't have all blown, I've looked in the fuse layout in the hand book to see if it's a seperate fuse  :-/  anyone know the first place to look/check before the car gets stripped down   ?

Regards.... Carper  

[Dazzler]

Pull it down and check the conection, also check its getting 12v when the brake pedal is pressed for starters.

[LFF64]

As Dazzler suggest pull the unit down there is a connector that may have worked loose I had this no my last one  

[Pitchfork]

As an aside, can a high level lamp be retro-fitted to an earlier model like mine?
IW

[carper]

Sorted   cheers guy's, bad connection.

[Andy B]

As an aside, can a high level lamp be retro-fitted to an earlier model like mine?
IW

Don't see any reason why not. Bear in mind though that the shaded area of the screens are different around the light.

[carper]

As an aside, can a high level lamp be retro-fitted to an earlier model like mine?
IW

I noticed you drive an estate, do you mean like this .........




this one is on the bay for (buy it now) ...£14.95

maybe you can get one cheaper from the breakers.  

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-ESTATE-THIRD-BRAKE-LIGHT_W0QQitemZ260164920242QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Pitchfork]

That's the one but can it be fitted retrospectively to an earlier car???

[Rocketman]

On my saloon, it looks possible as inner trim is the same but as said, I noticed the dark area on the glass is different so didn't pursue it further.

In the end I went for a cheap aftermarket one which glues to the top of the windscreen - and occasionally comes loose. You'll need to feed the wires down to the main brake wiring and splice it in. Works for me although admittedly not so neat.

[LFF64]

 I know yours is an estate but I fitted one to my last saloon and that did not have the space i the black shading . And the light was visible throught it. It went through the MOT with no problems . I did try to remove some of the black shading but had no luck doing this  

[Dazzler]

I know yours is an estate but I fitted one to my last saloon and that did not have the space i the black shading . And the light was visible throught it. It went through the MOT with no problems . I did try to remove some of the black shading but had no luck doing this  

Hi level brake light has nothing to do with an MOT