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[Jim Durham]

Started the car up this morning, usual "brakelight check" message, pressed brake pedal, message went off but gearlever still locked in park. Problem with brakelight switch possibly?

[Andy B]

... Problem with brakelight switch possibly?

Very likely, in the mean time, if you lift the gaitor from the gear shift, you'll see a yellow lever which will allow you to by-pass the solenoid. 

page 139 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf

[djac]

... Problem with brakelight switch possibly?

Very likely, in the mean time, if you lift the gaitor from the gear shift, you'll see a yellow lever which will allow you to by-pass the solenoid. 

page 139 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf

Surely not, if the check message is clearing when the brake pedal is pressed?

Can you hear the solenoid click when you press the brake pedal?

[Andy B]

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Surely not, if the check message is clearing when the brake pedal is pressed?

Can you hear the solenoid click when you press the brake pedal?

the brake light switch has two sets of contacts. A new switch cured mine, as it has others here! 

[Boditza]

a little off topic but i have manual and i still get the  brakelight check on my cid.. why is that??

p.s. check the battery voltage.. just a thought

[djac]

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Surely not, if the check message is clearing when the brake pedal is pressed?

Can you hear the solenoid click when you press the brake pedal?

the brake light switch has two sets of contacts. A new switch cured mine, as it has others here! 

Ah, ok. Nothing is ever simple 

[Andy B]

a little off topic but i have manual and i still get the  brakelight check on my cid.. why is that??

p.s. check the battery voltage.. just a thought

Cheap bulbs can confuse the brake check module, maybe try more expensive bulbs, and clean up all contacts.  :-/  :-/

[Jim Durham]

Thanks for all that chaps. In the meantime been out and started the car again, no problem this time, must be something intermittent. As long as I know I can disengage manually I'm happy with that.

[Boditza]

a little off topic but i have manual and i still get the  brakelight check on my cid.. why is that??

p.s. check the battery voltage.. just a thought

Cheap bulbs can confuse the brake check module, maybe try more expensive bulbs, and clean up all contacts.  :-/  :-/

andy i was talking about this:

it just needs you to press the brake then it disapears.. so what does it do?? and why is it also on manual transmision

[djac]

a little off topic but i have manual and i still get the  brakelight check on my cid.. why is that??

p.s. check the battery voltage.. just a thought

Cheap bulbs can confuse the brake check module, maybe try more expensive bulbs, and clean up all contacts.  :-/  :-/

andy i was talking about this:

it just needs you to press the brake then it disapears.. so what does it do?? and why is it also on manual transmision

AFAIK it simply checks that the brake light bulbs are working.

Nothing to do with auto or manual. 

[Andy B]

....it just needs you to press the brake then it disapears.. so what does it do?? and why is it also on manual transmision

Sorry, I mis-understood you  . As djac says, it just confirms that both brake lights work when you press the brake pedal for the first time.  Take a brake light bulb out & see what it does  you should get the same display 

[Boditza]

its not mentioned in the manual and i was curious.. besides the previous owner of the car said that by pressing the brake it activates the check system

[harpersimon]

until you press the brake pedal, the system cannot check the bulbs - hence it goes off when you press the pedal. Until then its not had a proper circuit back from the bulbs to verify they are ok.