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After just having my car serviced yesterday which it does feel a bit better, when I got the car the EPC light kept coming on and even after the service it's still doing it which I am very annoyed about, what does this actually mean?

Any help would be very much apperciated.

It can be something as simple as the brake lights/brake light switch

ModifiedMadness wrote:It can be something as simple as the brake lights/brake light switch

Seriously? There's me bugging out like it's the worst thing ever haha. I hear the brake switch is very cheap to replace? Would it be easy to change yourself? I have no clue where the brake switch would be at all.

yeah it's really easy to change, you just need to take the panel above the pedals off, and right at the top of the brake pedal there should be this purple cylinder shaped thing, all you do is unplug the wire and twist it and it pops right out, before you fit the new one make sure that plunger thing is all the way out

h4r1s wrote:yeah it's really easy to change, you just need to take the panel above the pedals off, and right at the top of the brake pedal there should be this purple cylinder shaped thing, all you do is unplug the wire and twist it and it pops right out, before you fit the new one make sure that plunger thing is all the way out

Cheers mate, I'll try this. Which plunger thing are you talking about though?

You'll know what i mean when you buy the part, ill post up a pic of my old one if you want? should have it lying around somewhere

h4r1s wrote:You'll know what i mean when you buy the part, ill post up a pic of my old one if you want? should have it lying around somewhere

Yeah that would be cool. Thanks mate.

Here you go mate hope this helps, hope you get it sorted easily!



>>**EDIT**<< forgot to mention that once you pulled the plunger thing all the way out you need to lock it there by twisting the black cylinder bit.>>**EDIT**<<

If you need any more help just pm me

Dont go getting all excited though, cos it may have nothing to do with the brake lights whatsoever. There is lots of possibilities with regards to the EPC light

Changed the switch it hasn't fixed it at all. Could it be to do with my brake pads? or discs? As these both need changing they been squeaking since i got that car.

Got the car put on the diagonostic thing yesterday, it came up with the fault camshaft / crank sensor wrong ecu combination (code P140) I believe, anyone know what this is at all?