HELP: Brake lights WON'T turn off
04-19-2006, 11:40 AM
#1
HELP: Brake lights WON'T turn off I pulled my carpet out this weekend which involved pulling the center console too. Well, the other night I got pulled over for riding my brakes. As it turns out, I wasn't riding my brakes and they are just stock "on" whenever my headlights are on.
I've done a little visual inspection behind the pedal and it doesn't look like anything is out of place. Is there something under the center console that could be doing this? Any tips would be appreciated because I am stumped and my brake lights are still on!
I've done a little visual inspection behind the pedal and it doesn't look like anything is out of place. Is there something under the center console that could be doing this? Any tips would be appreciated because I am stumped and my brake lights are still on!
04-20-2006, 07:36 AM
#5
Perhaps it is the brake light switch. You might have knocked it around when you were installing the carpet.
I don't know if our cars are the same but the ones at work need the brake light switch to be in working order for the cruise control to work. (it needs to see that the vehicle speed sensor is over X miles per hour, that the brake lights are off, etc before cruise engages). Look under the brake pedal and see if you may have broken the holder for it, or jammed up the switch some how.
I had a problem with my clutch switch last week, and when I got under the car I saw that the little plastic tab had broken off so the switch was reading open the whole time.
I don't know if our cars are the same but the ones at work need the brake light switch to be in working order for the cruise control to work. (it needs to see that the vehicle speed sensor is over X miles per hour, that the brake lights are off, etc before cruise engages). Look under the brake pedal and see if you may have broken the holder for it, or jammed up the switch some how.
I had a problem with my clutch switch last week, and when I got under the car I saw that the little plastic tab had broken off so the switch was reading open the whole time.
04-21-2006, 08:47 PM
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I used to have an '89 Accord that had this problem. So I went to AutoZone and bought a new brake light switch. When I went to install it, I learned that it was not the problem. There was some small plastic screw looking thing that fit in a hole on the brake pedal arm and activated the switch. Unfortunately, it had broken into several pieces and lay on the floor. I think I JB Welded something else in it's place.
Moral of the story being: Make sure that your pedal is making proper contact with the brake light switch before trying to replace it.
Moral of the story being: Make sure that your pedal is making proper contact with the brake light switch before trying to replace it.
