Re: Brake circuit failure light notice!

["David R. Lefebvre" <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have someone spy your third brake light. I suspect one of the LED segments 
may be out. I have a similar intermittent problem. It's a $400 part. Try 
resoldering.

Hell, everything is a $400 part on the E36.

At 03:46 PM 5/25/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Yesterday I started getting the message that there was "Brake circuit or 
>brake light failure" prompting a Check control light. It started after I 
>was rummaging around trying to locate the "hidden" CD changer connections 
>in the trunk of my '95 M3. I pulled on some brake light wires I'm sure, 
>but I neatly put all of the wiring exactly back as it was. I really didn't 
>disturb the wires a lot, mostly collateral movement while pulling the 
>carpeting back. I don't get the "failure" notice everytime I drive or even 
>when I start up, but intermittently maybe after driving several miles it's 
>coming on now. I've checked all of the bulbs, connections, etc. Have I 
>loosened something that's causing this? How do I track it down?
>
>TIA
>
>Evan Evans
>President
>Smoky Mountain Chapter
>BMW CCA
>
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