treefern

Glad to be of assistance. Nice that someone else didn't spend quite as long frustrated by this as I did.

Just to clarify having seen that last post, in my case the brake lights were working fine. Mechanic changed them for a different type of globe (sorry don't know details of it). So if you've got the power problem, and your brake lights are working, it could still be this that's causing it.

Isn't the internet a wonderful thing!

Just posting here in the hope it might help someone else. My 2004 Subaru Outback auto would not go up hills. Foot to the floor, it would not rev over 3000. Always regularly serviced, my great mechanic couldn't figure it out - replaced fuel filter, still only two thirds fuel pressure coming through. Well, get this, it was something to do with the onboard computer that runs the engine (sorry for lack of technical details here) which apparently has some connection between the fuel circuit and the brake light circuit. I watched him fix it, by pressing the brake pedal, and while pressed, changing both of the rear brake light globes for different ones. He said he found the solution on some technical forum somewhere. It's like I've got a new car. Good luck anyone who has this problem. It's a real pain. Sorry I can't give any more technical detail, but it might point someone in the right direction.