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I have an 04 Ford Focus Estate automatic and for the last 6 months of last year the red warning light kept coming on and it would sometimes alternate with the yellow ABS light. I had the car fully serviced by the Ford garage where I bought it and they said could find nothing wrong with either the brakes or hand brake. They said they had put it on a diagnostic machine and could find nothing. The light is still going on and off, alternating with a yellow light briefly. I am concerned as I may have a problem with the car and I worry that it may go wrong causing an accident. Could I ask you for your opinion please. The car seems well otherwise.
Asked on 7 March 2009 by
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Honest John
Faulty brake light switch, faulty brake light bulb, or merely moisture in
the rear brake light cluster causing a problem that feeds back to the
brake light switch and thence to the ECU, telling it that the brakes are on so it then cuts engine power.
the rear brake light cluster causing a problem that feeds back to the
brake light switch and thence to the ECU, telling it that the brakes are on so it then cuts engine power.
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