3rd brake light( High level )

[Brian840]

Hi Where can I buy a reasonable priced replacement 3rd high level brake light?

 

[Percival]

Fish Bros/Peugeot Parts Direct PSA Dealer...got mine on the shelf for as and when a year or so ago was a competitivre price now on there@ £172. Was also an exchange/repair service and kits on eBay at one time too. I would not bother with a used one.

 

[Brian840]

Hi Thanks for the info, I will try to ring a few dealers and see what prices I get. It's frustrating as looking on ebay prices for most vehicles including high end makes seem really cheap in comparison

 

[Percival]

doubt you will get cheaper than above tbh...circa £191 rrp

 

[Pedro]

Check crazyleds on ebay he sells repair kits at £19.99 & also the fully assembled circuit boards which only need your old wire soldering onto the unit by 2 joints

 

[neilgsxr69]

Check crazyleds on ebay he sells repair kits at £19.99 & also the fully assembled circuit boards which only need your old wire soldering onto the unit by 2 joints

Problem with the repair kits is that most owners won’t attempt to cut the old unit open.

 

[Verminator]

Why not look on eBay as there was one fully working for £75 or do as I did and purchased a complete boot with all the fittings and fully working and more parts than you may need but will come in handy... Worth a look..
Drive safe and stay lucky
Les n Co

 

[Brian840]

doubt you will get cheaper than above tbh...circa £191 rrp

Many thanks

 

[Brian840]

Check crazyleds on ebay he sells repair kits at £19.99 & also the fully assembled circuit boards which only need your old wire soldering onto the unit by 2 joints

 

[Brian840]

Thanks i have seen these, wondering if anyone has tried this solution

 

[Brian840]

Why not look on eBay as there was one fully working for £75 or do as I did and purchased a complete boot with all the fittings and fully working and more parts than you may need but will come in handy... Worth a look..
Drive safe and stay lucky
Les n Co

Hi Thanks I keep looking and have been close a few times will carry on trying

 

[Rick]

Hi Where can I buy a reasonable priced replacement 3rd high level brake light?

Had a similar need, I would go the ebay route for a tested used unit. Or £200 + from the main dealer, fortunately our rcz was still under warranty.
The repair kit looked to be complicated & would only suit a confidant DIY owner in my opinion

 

[Percival]

Didn't think light units were included in Pug Warranty?

Just looked it up LEDs are covered if 50% fail.....and I bought a new 3rd brake light too.....oh well

 

[Rick]

Didn't think light units were included in Pug Warranty?

Just looked it up LEDs are covered if 50% fail.....and I bought a new 3rd brake light too.....oh well

Ours came from a used car dealership fortunately with 3 months warranty & it failed on the way home on the day we purchased it.

 

[neilgsxr69]

Some have bought the repair kit only to find it too fiddly and after having butchered the light fitting given up
There is a guy on one of the fb groups offering a repair service for £80.
There’s a company in Germany selling new units on eBay for around £120 but they won’t ship to the UK so you need to know someone who lives in Europe to forward it on.

 

[Buddy]

I bought the DIY Kit as I have done some repairs in the past on similar items but once I had the unit opened up it was apparent that these LED's and their resisters are tiny and the soldering points are minute, beyond my capabilities, so, rather than risk wrecking the board I have ordered a prepared board ready fitted with the components and just needing two wires connecting, looking at the old board this should be relatively easy at a cost of £49.99 but a warning for anyone wishing to go the DIY route on either option, it's not easy to open up the cases. I did it in about two hours of delicately cutting around the unit with a saw on a Dremel and dressing off edges so that it will go back together reasonably easily, I will then close it up by plastic welding using a soldering iron or glue and seal the unit with clear silicone.

 

[neilgsxr69]

A few have repaired them like yourself but as you say it’s a nightmare cutting the thing open.
The price of new units is ridiculous but sometimes you’ve just got to bite the bullet.

 

[Buddy]

Like many things, it's difficult the first time, not knowing how deep to go etc but gently does it when it comes to breaking the back away the last shards of plastic hold on, once it's clear working on the other bits is clip out, clip in. Just two wires which are thin but ok to work with and it doesn't take much solder. Fitting it all back together isn't difficult, once assembled to the base and the wires attached test before sealing the unit up, as it happened even my unused tubes of silicone sealant had set hard! So I used the cut out shards of plastic to use as weld filler and with the use of a 30W soldering iron it was quite easy to set it all in place, luckily I found that some removable segments of a storage box were an identical or as needs be filler, I used much of only one segment then sanded the base and made a new gasket from some self adhesive Neoprene tape, wide enough to draw the gasket out on the backing paper then cutting it out, a quick clean up of the back face of the unit, using a dressing tool on the Dremel and it was on with the gasket and then fit. Crazyleds on eBay is the suppler but unless you have professional equipment and skill go for the assembled board, even if you have the skill and equipment for the difference it's worth going the same route in my opinion, there are 28 LED's and resistors and a slip on one means you're back to buying the assembled board. It's interesting to do things for yourself but his prices on doing a repair are actually pretty good.