Right hand rear stoplight wire colour?

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Dazbaby
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Right hand rear stoplight wire colour?

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Hello,
Been busy wiring a towbar in to my 2005 Picasso 1.6hdi. Haynes suggests there is a yellow wire for the right hand rear stop light however there are six wires to the right rear light, none of which are plain yellow? I have from the top, red,white,blue (what looks like beige?), mauve and finally green/yellow but no plain yellow. Is Haynes incorrect and can anyone advise what colour the stop wire is please?
Thanks
Darren
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Hell Razor5543
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Re: Right hand rear stoplight wire colour?

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It is not unknown for Citroen to be inconsistent with colour formats (so when Haynes wrote their book they would have been right for THAT Citroen, but not for one from a different factory). However, they do NUMBER the wires consistently, so if you check each wire there should be a code written on them at regular intervals.
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Dazbaby
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Re: Right hand rear stoplight wire colour?

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Hello James,
Thanks for that (it does say “typical wiring at the top of the page”) - thought I was going mad, guess I can alway check with a meter as a last resort.
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Darren
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Re: Right hand rear stoplight wire colour?

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The rear brake light wiring is in Pin 4 either side. Don't pay much attention to the colours. Look on the connectors and they are numbered - although you may need an electron microscope and a lighthouse to see them.
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