brakes light on, and wont turn off... PLEASE Help!

jojo_424 · 05-11-2009, 08:14 AM

I was notified by a neighbor last night after parking my car, that my brakes light were on.. So I went out to the car and the car was off, key out, the parking brake was not pulled. I checked the brake pedal to see if it was sticking down or something.. I came up with nothing. I had to go and disconnect the battery. Whether I have the car in park or in drive the brake lights are staying on. Please help..

phantom_smack · 05-11-2009, 08:52 AM

You can try resetting the brake lamp switch or replace it.Did you happen to find a blue rubber piece the size of penny on the floor board ?

jojo_424 · 05-11-2009, 09:12 AM

actually I did.. what is that too, and where does it go??

phantom_smack · 05-11-2009, 09:21 AM

That is what the brake switch plunger makes contact with,you should be able to pick one up at your local dealer.There will be a tab under there on the brake pedal where you will install the new one its up where the switch makes contact.It will all make sense when you see the new part (it has a nipple that you pull through a hole on the bracket)

jojo_424 · 05-11-2009, 09:42 AM

excellent,,,, I was looking up parts... looks like there is a metal part and then there is the plastic part, which sounds like what you are talking about with the nipple.

SO this should take care of teh issue then....

phantom_smack · 05-11-2009, 09:51 AM

yea I would say so

confringor · 06-24-2009, 12:50 PM

I had this same problem... but my local dealer told me the blue rubber part wasn't available apart from the entire pedal assembly ($$$$ and pain to install). I wound up fixing it with a stick-on rubber "foot," but I have to re-stick it every now and again. Do you know of a source for just the rubber piece?

Intuit · 06-27-2009, 08:38 AM

On a '94 clutch pedal release switch, I used JB Weld epoxy to attach a polished thick metal plate to cover the hole where the rubber attached. I suppose you could use a weaker adhesive to permanently attach one of those rubber feet you buy at the hardware store as well. It seemed that nothing else I put there though, was durable enough to last more than six months or a year. So I eventually settled on the metal plate.

Brake pedal/switch doesn't take any where near the abuse that a clutch pedal/switch might though, so provided you use a stronger adhesive that might be a permanent solution.

phantom_smack · 06-27-2009, 05:24 PM

that is crap it is available or it was 6 weeks ago but you guys understand how to fix the problen.