Fiat Brake Switch
Our Autotrail Imala is 2yrs 10days old.
It is now on its 3rd Brake Switch.
The age of van is because warranty has now finished.
Brake switch last fitted August 14th, as warranty elapsed we now have to pay £328.09.
Trying to fight this.Has anyone else had brake switch problems?
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As yours is a UK based conversion I think you get 3 years warranty?
If not is it an easy job, can you do it yourself, they seem to be a few quid to buy?
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If we are talking just a brake light switch, charging £328 to replace seems criminal! I’ve never needed to replace one but presumably it’s located somewhere alongside the bracket securing the brake pedal?
Is the vehicle automatic? If so, the switch will act as a sensor and maybe more complex to replace requiring a bit of electronic wizardry to calibrate or reset vehicle fault code?
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I've replaced & refitted a few brake light switches on different cars. Modern vehicles tend to have a single switch with 2 sets of contacts inside ... normally open & normally closed. Generally they sit somewhere above the driver's feet and when the pedal is pressed allows a plunger to extend to switch on brake lights and tell some electrickery that the pedal is pressed. All the switches I've fitted have been a simple twist to remove. It's not uncommon to find the brake switch above the passenger's feet if a manufacture has left the master cylinder on the left hand side of the car when they converted it to right hand drive (if you see a Peugeot 205 with its brake lights on all the time it's because a big footed passenger has kicked the switch off)
I'm very surprised that a 2 yr old vehicle is on its 3rd switch though. I suspect a fault elsewhere
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Thanks for all your replies.
Autotrail with Fiat engines only have 2year warranty...unbelievable.
Brake switch problem puts engine into Limp Mode.Engine is manual.
Price was because we were charged over £100 for diagnostic check!!!!
Husband disabled so unable to carry out repair.
Now waiting for Fiat to get back to me re. they said would look into a contribution.
Just found out we now have a recall ie Brake cable and brake clips..Spoke to Fiat and this is not related they said..
Going to have to get it done and pay..Only just paid for Service and Habitation on it November 5th..Not a good end to the year 🥺🥺
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I think the miserable 2 year Fiat warranty is standard. Ditto mine on German built MH - 2 years old next March. Always makes me nervous when I hear that somebody with vehicle of a similar vintage has had a safety recall which I know nothing about!
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Even allowing for an hour's diagnostic, that is still a lot of money to fit a tu'penny ha'penny brake switch. If you're sure a new brake switch would solve your motorhome's fault it would be worth chatting with a local garage and getting them to fit a switch for you .... changing them is normally a 5 or 10 minute task.
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Will look at Local garage if we need anything else doing..now warranty ended.
Stuck at Fiat workshop as Brake switch puts Motorhome in Limp mode..ie only can do 15 to 30 miles per hour.
Fiat have agreed to cover Diagnostic so £201.09. to pay and recall being done at same time..
Hope that's an end...At least if it happens again we should have a guarantee.
Fingers and toes crossed we have Happy Motoring from now on.🍷🍾🍷
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