When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Bentley continental gt / flying spur high level third brake light work around
If you have a third high level brake light not working, and it is showing on the cluster each time you start the car, than you either buy a new brake light led strip for around £500, and than have to remove rear windscreen to fit it, or cut the old one out, which could damage the screen in the process
Ok, I have done the work around, and it worked perfect. I am not fussed about having a third brake light, plus the cost of replacement and fitting is huge. it is a very easy job to do, and it cost me £11.99 for a 12v led light pack, will post photos of the one I used, but plenty around. There is a post on here that shows which panels to remove on the left rear corner, https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ent-howto.html
takes around 20 mins, once done you will be able to get your hand under the corner of the roof lining, and feel and pull the third light connector. There is plenty of slack so you should be able to pull it out. Disconnect the connector. The red and black wire side of the connector is the one that goes to brake light, the brown and green is the power going to it. So snip off the wires on the red and black wire connector, we want to use this connector again...(leave enough to connect the new wires to connector),.. Than use the snipped off connector and attach the new led light wires to it. Once done connect back to power by pushing the connectors back together. Than test, put brake lights on and the new led should light up. If all good, tuck the wires and leave under the roof lining, and put back the trim and seat.
All your doing is tricking the system to think the third brake light is working, which gets rid of the fault code and warning light.
Do not forget to plug in and delete codes out, as it will sometime keep coming up brake light not working, until you clear the codes fully.
it is as easy as that folks.
The photos of the wire were taken in the test stage, I then connected and joined the wires properly. So ignore the rough tape Lol.
The led I used above still intermittency had the brake light warning come up only on start up. Going into the central can on the code read, it was coming up short to ground on the fault code for the third brake light. This meant the led I used was not big enough and not having the current to tell the car it was working. I changed the led to another larger one, even double sided this one to the rear windscreen top, which means i now have a working third brake light, no codes, no error messages. Fixed permanent for £17, 15 mins work, and still have a third brake light (although smaller) for the mot tests.
It has been a requirement by law in the USA since 1986.
Johnny
I *think* it's a requirement for new cars to have one here, but I'm not 100% sure it has to be working for an MOT. But, I've been wrong before
Rapid googling from not necessarily validated sources indicates I'm sort of right. If it's working <50%, then it's a fail. If it's not working *at all* then your might well get only an advisory because if there's any doubt that the light is connected, then the benefit must be given to the presenter.
i.e. fitted and <50% working: Fail
Fitted and disconnected: Pass with advisory.
