Since yesterday all of a sudden my battery died so i jump it ran fine, then it died again after being park for serveral hours. Ive notice that my tail lights and 3rd brake light is on all the time even when the key is out why is that can anyone help me thankx.


Modified by gsrsuperman at 3:17 PM 7/20/2008

 

Check your the brake light switch on the brake pedal. It may be damaged or stuck ON.

 

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Hmmmm thankx bud ill take a look.

 

Friend of mine just had the same thing happen. There was a plastic piece that used to be in the hole on the brake pedal arm. I guess after years this thing finally wore out and broke off. Same symptoms as you. We fixed it by putting a nut and bolt in the hole. The head of the bolt now pushes in the brake switch and shuts off the lights. Just make sure that the bolt head isn't too high and tries to push the switch in too far. We had to do a bit of grinding to get the clearance just right.

 

Nice improvised fix. I don't know what the cost of a replacement brake switch would be.

 

It wasn't the switch that went bad. It was the plastic/rubber thing that goes into the arm that actually makes contact with the switch.
But yeah, if you get a bolt head that's too high you CAN break the switch and then be in a completely different situation.

 

See the little black plastic piece abover the blue dot? That's more than likely the culprit


#14 in this parts breakdown.

 

Thankx guys greatly appreciated, ill just buy a new ruber thing just to be on the safe side.

 

Well, is that what happened?

 

LOL to lazy to go outside its like an oven out ther ill just let my car sit lol

 

It's friggen 9PM on the east coast. Grab flashlight, work on yoga techniques to get your head under there to look, prove me right.
Takes all of about 30 seconds.

 

Haha i know i know im freaking lazzy need to go honda and pick up some parts tomorow anyway ill take a look in the morning

 

a medium plastic tie will work fine.

 

LOL done deal easy fix free part from the junk yard thankx bro