back lights

[pockets808]

hi i have a peugeot 205 gti every time i indicate right and brake at the same time the back driverside brake light flashes and indicater stays on but when i take foot off the brakes everything is ok a friend said it may be a bad earth or water in the electrics is this true and how do i fix it, please help as its really annoying me and i dont want to get pulled by the police.

[wduk2005]

like they both have said it sounds like a poor earth. another way to fix it is if you have a panel that all the bulbs go into check the metal strips that go from the wires to the bulbs they might have corroded, you can sometimes clean them but if not just get one from a scrap yard and test it before you but it.

not 2 sure if your car has a setup like this but worth a try

[markja]

if it's within your cappability, wire a new earth from the lights to the chasis. solder all the joints and connectors and bobs your uncle. leave the original wire in place just run the new one alongside it.

[pockets808]

took the cluster off and found that it was wired using spade connectors and someone had already wired a new earth in i tryed wrapping electrical tape around the spade connecters to stop them touching together has done the job and lights are working now will get a new connector box in next few days thanks for advice now just got to fix the brakes as the have started to rub when driving and are making the disks get hot.