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Q & A: Brake Lights Stay on

OK, I am with you on this.

The car is a 74 ½ (Rubber Bumper) �B�. The problem is the brake lights themselves not the warning light. For some reason, they just intermittently just like to stay on. As I said, this is my third switch, I have adjusted it just about from end to end yet the problem continues.


I have been pulling my hair out on this one (and I am quickly running out of a precious commodity). When I back the switch off, it just won�t make contact � when I leave it in a position where it just does make that contact � it goes back to being stuck on. If I pump the pedal, it sometimes goes off � sometimes not.



Changed the switch twice � nada!!!

Glad to see you writing � love the updates � and you�ve even convinced me to get involved again. I just joined the local British Car Club (really a triumph club but they gave it a second name to draw non-triumph owners.



Anyway, don�t know if you remember, probably not, but last year I wrote about my brake switch and told you that I just kept having problems getting the brake lights off.



Well, I followed your directions and did change the switch � but still have the same problem. Lights stay on. If I pump the pedal there�s a 50/50 chance that they will go out � but either way, new switch or old switch, the lights want to stay on.



Could there be a short somewhere in the trunk which would keep the lights on??






LarryB

Larry!

Gosh! Are the wires crossing right there at the switch? Is the brake light circuit accidentally grounded (which quickly burns out switches) -- have you been to the body shop lately? Do the brake lights work WITHOUT a switc... read more