have had indie garage replace 2 rear right hand side brake lights and right side reverse light in last two months and now brake light gone again any advice thankyou is 2006 xkr

 

I found my '07 (US) very temperamental on bulb quality. Tried to save a penny, to discover repeated failures.

Sorry to say I cant recall the brand (this was 5 years ago) but my fix was stepping up to something from Sylvania or perhaps Philips. I recall being fascinated to see two technically functional bulbs, yet one fail but not the other. I repeated the discovery several times in dismay.

Anyhow, this my not be your issue, but i though id toss it out there from my past single experience.

BOL,
Vince

 

Being a US '06 I am not sure if you have an XK100 or XK150.

First check the resistance of the "bad" bulbs to make SURE it is a bulb problem.

I had two XK100's with similar problems. It was NOT the bulbs. It was the contact in the socket. Try cleaning the contacts if the bulbs are good. As I remember I could never get the rear tail light on my '97 coupe to work 100% of the time so I replaced the whole tail light assembly to finally fix it. They are pretty cheap on ebay.

 

Brit '06 is US '07. I changed a bunch of bulbs on mine. Went with the higher watt marker lamps. Did all of them at once as it's a PITA to pop the lamp housing out. A small dab is grease helps keep the terminals from corroding and as said above, pony up for the higher grade bulbs if you can.

 

I had brake lamp failure issue a few times before. I fixed it by buying OEM bulb from dealer. The resistance on the OEM bulb is different from aftermarket bulb. I never had a brake lamp issue since!

 

My experience when my brake lamp warning light came on last week. I visited my local main Jaguar dealer, and purchased a bulb for £6. I then took my XKR to my nearest Halfords, who fitted it for £8.

Thanks
David

 

I bought a bulb from Auto Zone for $1.92 and installed it myself in three minutes.
I wish I could afford to have people do my menial labor.

 

I always replace in pairs.. and top quality bulbs…. and I wish I had the time to do the menial work ;-)

Its a matter of perspective.