Author Topic: Brake lights staying on-help please!!  (Read 1221 times)

Offline tattyoldwagon

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Brake lights staying on-help please!!
« on: 31 August 2004, 16:47 »
Hey guys and girls,

Hope you've all been keeping well and enjoying our super summer!!

Anyway, can someone help with a strange problem I have. I get in my car start her up then as soon as I put the brakes on the brake lights come on!! Trouble is they're staying on?? Once lit they do change in brightness slightly (brake's on/brighter) but don't go off. I found by "wiggling" the connector to the brake servo switch they go off and then work ok again for a bit, then it all starts again shortly after. Now it's got worse and I have to disconnect the plug to get them to turn off, reconnect and they come on again. Please help, as I can't really use the car now, slightly on the dangerous side not having working brake lights.

Thanks in advance

Michael

Offline dubboy 79

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Re: Brake lights staying on-help please!!
« Reply #1 on: 01 September 2004, 14:58 »
Sounds like the switch has seized open. Get a new one from the likes of GSF.
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Offline JonMk1Cab

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Re: Brake lights staying on-help please!!
« Reply #2 on: 03 September 2004, 14:13 »
Agree with Dubboy

Where is the switch located, so used to um being on the pedal that when I had a problem that was the firdt place i looked. (Turned out I hadn't put the holders in the lenses Doh!