Rear light cluster bulb holder corrosion

[DanielJames]

Evening all.

Had a brake bulb warning light today so nipped to Halfords for a bulb but unfortunately the bulb holder is badly corroded.

Is this a common problem? The rear light unit was soaking too. I'm wondering if I should replace the full unit.

After re assembling I now have no lights from the cluster

So common and fixable, or a trip to the dealers?

Thanks
Dan

 

[Icarus83]

Mine is slightly corroded where someone hadn't clipped down the bulb holder properly, was getting the same fault. Not as badly as yours though.

Gave it a clean up with a brush and glass paper (wet and dry) and works fine now. If nothing is working maybe a fuse has gone or there is a ground fault somewhere. Give the connector a good clean too with some electrical contact cleaner!

 

[MarKC7899]

Had to replace mine recently. less than £20 from TPS

 

[DanielJames]

Had to replace mine recently. less than £20 from TPS

Who are TPS? Do you have a link?

 

[MarKC7899]

Trade Parts Specialist. - supply oem parts. Some will sell to the public some trade only. give them a call with your reg number