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Brisbane
Registered:
July 2003
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"LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Wed, 12 November 2003 23:45
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ON my Soarer the "Lights" warning light comes on whenever you put your foot on the brake. I would assume this is saying that there is a bulb blown or something of the like, I've checked everything and there appears to be no fault...
Any suggestions?
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Wed, 12 November 2003 23:49
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Same as my car. Well mine actually intermittantly flashes all the damn time! I turn on my thermo fan and the "lights" will become illuminated! 
I've got no advice for you at all sorry, but if you find out please let me know!
Dan
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Wed, 12 November 2003 23:58
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I've got a growing list for my auto electrician...
So this will definately be one of the things he'll look at.
If I find out, I'll post up.
Cheers
Paul
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Wed, 12 November 2003 23:59
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Does it stay on after you take your foot off the brake?
If so it means you've got a blown brake light globe.
Perhaps it's a bad earth!!!
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 00:00
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Cool1 - where are you ????
Sounds suspiscioulsy (can't spell atm) like a bad earth 
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 00:02
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My mechanic looked at it once and told me it was a bad earth somewhere and that he found it and fixed it. Never told me where it was... it worked for about 3 days then started doing it again
Dan
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 00:07
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Mine comes on only when my foot is on the brake, when I take my foot off, it dissapears.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 00:31
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theres a little box mounted near the tail lights
this measures the current draw from the globes
if the current draw is too low (ie, a globe is not working), the it triggers the LIGHTS dashlight. its not supposed to turn off tho
i'm not sure if it will react if the current draw it too high (ie thermo fan)
check all globes (reverse lights and indicators not included, well, they dont set it off on my cressida, just the brake and tail) and if thiese are all ok, check the connection to the box, and then go for a bad earth
i'm pretty sure it will be at the tail end of the car (ie water getting into boot, corroding connections etc)
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
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April 2003
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 02:11
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LOL, yeah my light turns on too, but only when it rains.. hmmmm 
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 02:18
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fwiw, when i had this problem, all it took was a bump to get the globe to work again
i'd start the car up, put my foot on the brake, light would come on, back out of the driveway, and when i'd go to check the brake lights when i got out of my car, they all worked
it turned out that one of the globes was just dickey, and sometimes worked sometimes didnt
so i suggest taking all the globes out, one by one, and give them a tap to see it the filament had come off
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Thu, 13 November 2003 12:07
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Check the Little box of toyota magic down the back of the car labled "Lamp falure" typicly on MA70's these get drowned and corrode inside
Allan
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
March 2003
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Sun, 16 November 2003 05:29
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My 'lights' light stays on all the time whilst I have the lights on, I thought that's just how they were, obviously not after reading this!
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May 2002
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Re: "LIGHTS" warning light on.
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Sun, 16 November 2003 12:49
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Sideshow is right.
Get the toyota globes.
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