Re: <E36> "Brake light circuit failure"

["Greg Williams" <gaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott sd@domain.elided wrote on Sat, 29 Apr 2000

<<<<I've just had this message come up on my check control on my '96 M3
and discovered that indeed none of the brake lights work but fuses, bulbs
all check out ok. Also noted was that the left rear fog lamp is not working
and a multimeter shows no volts on that wire to the lamp assembly !

Have I got a check control connections problem ? The brake light circuit
failure
message was happening intermittantly but now appears constant.>>>>

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I've had this message intermittently for about a year on my '94 325i.  But
on mine, the lamps still function.

The dealer says it's caused by a defective brake light switch, which sounds
plausible.  Apparently there was a service bulletin covering some years or
models, but mine wasn't one of them.  A new switch is the cure.

Greg Williams
gaw@domain.elided
Lake Oswego, OR
'94 325i ('01 M3 on order)

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