The brake lights come on briefly each time I depress the clutch. If I pull back on the brake pedal with the toe of my shoe, the problem goes away briefly but returns at some point after braking again. I think there is a sensor issue, but I've taken it into Frauds who, typically, found no problem... There is a problem, though. I first noticed it when towing my boat at night. It's not a towing issue, though, and whilst my wife was driving behind my car the other evening, she wondered why I was flashing my brake lights at her as I pulled away from junctions. I've also noticed it lots of time when driving at night and looking in the rear view mirror at the red reflections in road signs.
The car has made it through yet another MOT unscathed, so this is obviously not on their list of failure issues. The problem has been there for at least 3 years...

Apart from feeling a bit of a loon as I pull away from junctions, the car works exceptionally well, so I suppose I could just carry on as is. Just wondered if anyone else had come across this problem, or if there are any known solutions. Read more

Hi all ,I came to start a 2005 fiesta this morning ,it started fine but while I was closing the garage door the car stalled and wouldn't restart .

The lock display on the dash was flashing continuously as was the engine temperature indicator .

I tried locking the drivers door with one of the two chipped keys I have ,no remote ,and then tried to restart without success .

The reason for my post is to confirm how I managed to restart the car .I found the information on a different website but its apparently a common fiesta problem so I thought I would pass it on .

Initially I disconnected the live terminal and left it off for twenty minutes .i then restarted the car but it ran for ten minutes before stalling again ,the lock and temperature display were the same .

Because disconnecting the battery had some effect ,I disconnected the live battery terminal again and left it off for an hour . That did the trick ,the car now starts and drives fine .I guess the time delay allows the ecu to reset ?

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Hello, please could anyone explain ther reason/cure for severe positive battery terminal corrosion on my land rove defender, i'm based in oman and taken to reversing my boat trailer into the sea up to the rear axle, the priblem seems to have started with the introduction of salt water on the body/chasis, no where near the battery, I hose the vehicle off after immersion. any answers, thanks, Mike. Read more

Old autoboxes used to 'think' on their own I believe as to which gear to pick, but can anyone explain how modern autos work, in particular how abs and 4 wheel drive control units interact with them? Can faults in these supplementary units casue the box to do unexpected changes? Read more

This is on a 2004 1.4i Ford Fiesta Zetec

Noticed that when the aircon is on the revs drop every 20 secs or so. At the same time as the rev drop the radiator fan kicks in and though it’s hard to tell with the rad fan kicking I suspect I hear another clunk at the same time - maybe the aircon pump engaging?... Read more