Agreed, better to put money into home ownership if you haven't done so
shelleigh,
Feb 11, 9:44am
Thanks guys :) johnf_456 I recently became mortgage free again - is a great feeling!
johnf_456,
Feb 11, 9:46am
Congrats, good on ya! Sadly I'm not.
shelleigh,
Feb 11, 9:48am
Thanks johnf_456. Is something to look forward to for you then. I'm sure if it's something you really want then you can achieve it :)
johnf_456,
Feb 11, 9:50am
Slowly but getting there week by week to be debt free haha. I'm the same I just buy cars on the fact of getting me from a to b. Better than loosing 20k off a new car in a few years.
shelleigh,
Feb 11, 9:54am
Sure is - my dad had a VC Valiant for 22 years :) Have had my Corolla wagon for 12 so really looking forward to getting something newer :)
andrewph,
Feb 11, 10:01am
My guess is the brake light switch. When you stomp on the brake it unlocks the solinoid that lets you select a gear (at the base of the lever)and obviously the brake lights. its a common fault.;o)
budgel,
Feb 11, 8:01pm
andrewph, do you have to stomp on it twice!
budgel,
Feb 11, 8:09pm
Hi ling is correct.
Brakelight switch needs replacing .
mugenb20b,
Feb 11, 8:12pm
Nah, just a bad stutter.
kazbanz,
Feb 11, 10:12pm
In all seriousness I agree with andrewph Regardless of the year/make/modelit sounds more like a minor mechanical issue inside the cabin rather than a major gearbox issue. Something has jambed the locking mechanism or come loose or a solenoid has failed. Clearly the picture of a foot is the tellltale Given that the OP has had "endless trouble" with the car I'd be looking further down that path to see if its possible that a mechanic/sparkie has unplugged something and not plugged it in propperly.
usdefault,
Feb 12, 12:13am
Pnp switch or relay!
richynuts,
Feb 12, 12:24am
more like denial
lara3,
Feb 14, 6:37am
hopefully all sorted faulty break switch vw recalled alot of vehicles because of this and fixed them. Back from 2007. It went to the vm people
kazbanz,
Feb 14, 6:49am
so lara--what sort of issues have you had with this car! Just wondering if any were electrical that mighta spiked the switch
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