Third brake light not working

[OneDayIsHere]

Hi,

I have a '99 996 Carrera 4 with a fitted Aero kit. I have only had the car a few weeks and just noticed that the third brake light (under rear window) is not working. Not sure if this is a recent problem or always been that way.

Has anyone else had this issue and any idea what may be causing the problem ?

Both L & R brake lights work fine. I have taken the third light out & checked the connection & bulbs, all appears OK. I have also checked the fuse (row B, column 7), again all looks OK.

I do have an issue with the spoiler warning light permanently on which I believe needs me to fit a different tail harness. Might this be related perhaps ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Darren.

[Loren]

The 3rd brake light in the rear deck lid should work. If the spoiler light is always on then they did not install the new wiring harness for the aerokit. See the note here.

[C4S Surgeon]

I went through this afew months back, Loren was a big help. Here's what I found out. If your spoiler has the brake light, then you need the-04 harness. If it does not then the -51 is the one for you. Interestigly, the c4s aero harness is identicle to the -04, but costs 350$.

My spoiler had a light, so I used the -04 harness, worked perfectly, when you do the spoiler switch, you can't use the stock harness, will alarm all the time. Sounds like they may have tried to jerry-rig the stock harness, which never works.

Edited March 9, 2005 by C4S Surgeon

[OneDayIsHere]

I went through this afew months back, Loren was a big help. Here's what I found out. If your spoiler has the brake light, then you need the-04 harness. If it does not then the -51 is the one for you. Interestigly, the c4s aero harness is identicle to the -04, but costs 350$.

My spoiler had a light, so I used the -04 harness, worked perfectly, when you do the spoiler switch, you can't use the stock harness, will alarm all the time. Sounds like they may have tried  to jerry-rig the stock harness, which never works.

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Thanks guys. This is a great help.

Cheers ... :cheers:

Darren.