Technical Brake pedal switch location.

[stu0710]

Hi does anyone know where the brake pedal switch on the 500 is as our 2009 1.2 has developed a problem whereby the brake lights stay on (all 3), I assume that this is a problem linked to the brake light switch rather than anything else?

Cheers

Stu

 

[Andy Monty]

look just above the brake pedal from memory its there

 

[RUI]

https://www.fiatforum.com/panda/272312-panda-brake-light-switch.html

Have a read of that. I guess it is the same.

 

[stu0710]

I found it in the passenger foot well (literally). The switch assembly is made up of a white plastic spring plunger assembly and a wiring connector which clip together onto a lever on the braking rod in the passenger footwell - fairly high up. It looks as though someone sitting in the passenger seat had caught it with a foot and unclipped the wiring loom which allowed the spring assemmbly to pop out wjere I found it on the passenger side footwell floor. It all clipped back together OK and the brake lights are now working again. It's a bit of a cr@p design really..............

 

[arorat]

I found it in the passenger foot well (literally). The switch assembly is made up of a white plastic spring plunger assembly and a wiring connector which clip together onto a lever on the braking rod in the passenger footwell - fairly high up. It looks as though someone sitting in the passenger seat had caught it with a foot and unclipped the wiring loom which allowed the spring assemmbly to pop out wjere I found it on the passenger side footwell floor. It all clipped back together OK and the brake lights are now working again. It's a bit of a cr@p design really..............

Rui/Stu Rui, sorry for a silly question, but how will the switch get pressed in the pasanger footwell !!

 

[jrkitching]

Rui/Stu Rui, sorry for a silly question, but how will the switch get pressed in the pasanger footwell !!

This was designed as a LHD car, remember. The brake master cylinder is actually on the left hand side of the car - on RHD models there is a metal bar running through the passenger footwell to connect it to the brake pedal.