Change brake light on peugeot 206?

Answer 1

Just done this myself in a Y reg 206.

You will need a torch/light. Someone to help test the brake pedal. A 10mm spanner

-Inside the boot area you have to peel back the carpet-like material so that you can access the area behind the light cluster.

-You will see that there is a wiring loom connector, this should be disconnected. Take a note of the orientation of the connector for re-assembly.

-You will also see/feel a plastic winged nut which is mounted over the exposed metal bolt. This should be unscrewed but be careful not to drop it inside the boot floor. Place the nut somewhere safe.

-While you are there and before removing the light assembly take a note of the location of the two plastic (only one is visible at this point - red in my case) mounting shafts that come from the light assembly and go through the body of the car. You will need to align those when re-assembling it.

-Gently push the metal bolt from the inside whilst gently pulling the light assembly from outside the car. With not too much effort the assembly should come away in your hand.

-Looking at the rear of the light assembly there is a nut (size 10 in my case) that is placed on the metal bolt. This nut in now holding the bulb mounting assembly inside the coloured plastic light cluster. You should take off the nut and put it somewhere safe.

-The inner black plastic bulb mounting box should now be able to be gently removed from the light cluster. Be careful whilst doing this as the bulbs will pass close to the plastic cluster and may get knocked. Once again take note of where the plastic and metal mounting poles/bolts are as you will need to re-align these when re-assembling it.

-You should now be able see the 3 bulbs. In my case the indicator bulb was orange. The one with two filaments is the night lights and brake lights bulb. The final one is the reversing light.

-My brake light bulb hadn't actually blown but the contacts on the bulb itself as well as in the bulb mounting assembly had become worn/tarnished so I buffed them both up with a nail file (sorry wife!) and also adjusted the "sprung" metal contact that pushes against the bulb when it is in situ, so that it pushed harder against the bulb and made a better contact. I tested the bulbs and they were now all working.

-Re-assembly is the reverse of what you just did. BUT be careful when mounting the bulb assembly back inside the lights cluster as it is tricky to align the bolt and plastic mounting shaft and the bulbs can easily get knocked and damaged. Likewise it is a little fiddly aligning the whole lamp assembly when securing it back into the car body. But it's all pretty straightforward.