Rear light

[Kieran]

Hi ya
A bit of a problem.The rear o/s lights on my omega estate are playing up.The brake light fails to come on at times and will work if i wiggle the bulb then will fail again.Also the rear light will also fail but comes back on if i tap the lens.I have tried cleaning the contacts but no difference.Any ideas more than welcome.
Cheers
Kieran

[razzo]

Have you tried swapping the bulb with the other side as it may be faulty, is it new ?

[Danny]

could also be loose wiring in the cluster itself

[Andy B]

Make sure the socket on the end of the loom is making a good coonection on the bulb holder, & clean up all connections. I don't know specifically on your car but is there a brown earth/ground wire that has an earth near-by? Make sure that's clean & tight. Are all the bulb holders holding their respective lamps firmly? Try to lift up the sprung connection in the bottom of lamp holder a bit - don't have power on them while you do it if you're using a metal screw driver.