well i have a brake light short. it's not the switch, it's fully surpressed. the lights are staying on. so it's got to just need to be grounded. it doesn't blow fuses. nothing after market has been done to the car other than my stereo. no electrical mods are done just bolt ons. it's eg coupe.

edit;
and i meant to ask where the hub is for the ground for the brake lights. if there is one.

 

which brake light is staying on? and do they stay on when you are not pushing on the brake pedal?

 

all 3 are on, and yes.

 

disconnect the brake pedal switch connector and see if that changes anything

 

well it turns off then im pretty sure but ill double check tomorrow i put a new switch on it whixh disnt help it. and the pedal is pressing up against it completely. any ideas?

 

when you put the new switch on did you adjust the brake pedal properly because if it is out of spec it can cause the switch to contact and cause your lights to always be on

 

well i didnt ever move the pedal should i didnt think it would get out of spec.

 

did the lights stay on even before you replaced the sensor? when did you first notice the lights staying on? what happened before they stayed on?

 

yeah it was on thats why i changed it, and i noticed after i got home one day.

 

do the brake lights turn off after you turn the key off? or do they stay on

 

they stay on

 

ok id try adjusting the pedal and seeing what happens cause what your problem is is that there is either one of 3 things going on either the switch is bad, the pedal is not adjusted properly or there is a short 2 power lets hope for one of the first 2 things

 

wait did you post that the switch is fully suppressed like all the way down?

 

is it fully supressed even when your not pushing on the brake pedal?

 

yeah i took it out of it's little holding bracket and pressed it in by hand it's not turning off :/

 

so i think i found the short. i put the fuse back in it's spot to try and trouble shoot then i remembered well when i open my trunk all the way open my radio doesn't turn off but you can't hear anything so i popped my trunk opened it all the way, brake lights turned off. so i'm like ok i probably blew a fuse. sure enough, so i look and the deck lid(trunk lid) hinges and on the drivers side hinge there is a group of wires that get smashed. tomorrow when it's light i'm going to try and move those wires from inbetween there and look for a open wire.

 

this may be a dumb question but that sounds a great place to look right?

 

the rubber grommet for the brake switch may have fallen out too.

 

lol yes im aware it may have but it didn't. its gotta be the trunk thing.

 

so i went out pulled the wiring apart spliced it all back together not the source :/

 

bump still need help. maybe some other places to look i found a diagram of the wiring but i don't quite understand it.

 

When the brake lights are on pull the switch out does it turn the brake lights off?