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Brake light sticking... - 5/7/2008 6:22:45 AM

Remman

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Search didn't turn up with much. For the past week or so, people have been saying my brake light has been on when the car is parked. Last night, I saw it for the first time, after the car had been parked for several hours. I tapped the brake and it went off.

Any ideas of why this is doing that? Solutions? Doesn't seem like a hard problem to fix.

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RE: Brake light sticking... - 5/8/2008 2:23:11 PM

Remman

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Mechanic sais it might be the brake light switch. Anyone ever heard of this and know how to change it?

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RE: Brake light sticking... - 5/8/2008 3:07:39 PM

jonsaudi

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I had the same problem mos ago. Check this out...http://www.audiforums.com/m_686919/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#686919

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RE: Brake light sticking... - 5/9/2008 8:57:38 AM

Remman

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Thanks for the link. How easy is it? I looked behind the pedal the best I could and couldn't see much. It looks like there is a plastic panel I need to remove to see more.

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RE: Brake light sticking... - 5/10/2008 12:40:45 PM

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oh dear god the brake light switch is a pain to get in to
u have to remove the panel and crawl in theres
and its a tight spot

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RE: Brake light sticking... - 6/3/2008 8:04:02 AM

Partsman

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Its Def the brake light switch, very easy to change.

1: Pop the side panel of the dash off(where the fuse board is) with a flat head screwdriver.

2: There are two bolts here holdong the bottom section of the dash up...Take these out.

3: Now take out the two bolts in the bottom panel down near the steering wheel....the panel just pops out now.

4: There should be two switches one for the clutch and one for the brake..Just follow the brake pedal to see which one is which.

5:Twist out the old one and disconnect.

6: Now push the new one in and twist it...dont move the brake pedal while doing this...you must hear two clicks...this is the switch setting itself.

7:now recconect the switch and put all the panels back.

8: when your putting the panels back make sure to pop the diagnostic port back into the panel it usually falls out without noticing.

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