Peugeot 406 Estate - radio, brake lights

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Wed 11 May 2005 09:34
Peugeot 406 Estate - radio, brake lights - PBB
Hi,

Recently (Sunday) bought a 406 estate.

Fine except for a couple of faults. Firstly, the high-level brake light does not work, and it had been covered with a strip of black sticky tape by the previous owner - presumably some sort of MOT evasion measure! I can't work out how to get into it - does anyone know? The owners handbook shows how to replace bulbs (5 x 5w) for the saloon model, but my estate doesn't have the same removable cover inside the car.

Also, the radio reception is terrible - completely unlistenable on any channel. I unscrewed the roof mounted aerial and noted that the already lousy reception did not actually deteriorate when it was unscrewed. This leads me to believe that the connection from the aerial to the radio has failed, but I cannot work out how to remove the aerial base from the roof - does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Paul
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Wed 11 May 2005 09:38
Peugeot 406 Estate - radio, brake lights - JohnPug
Don't know about the brake light, but my first thought about the aerial, is that it's not plugged into the head unit. Even if the aerial base has failed, you should get some reception from the wire going through the bodywork.
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