R50/53 I'm walking into work, yet brake lights stay on
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I'm walking into work, yet brake lights stay on
Brake light Weirdness I have noticed several times since new -I arrive at point B and turn off the lights (if they're even on), then I turn off the car, then i set the brake, get out and lock via key fob. Once that is done the brake lights at the rear are still ON...
Sometimes i am sure this has happened and i have not noticed. Other times I catch it and fix it by either starting the engine and turning off again, or once even by releasing and resetting the parking brake lever. Once a co-worker came by in the office and asked me "if you drive that red Minicooper you left your lights on"...
Anybody know whats' up with that? Seen it before?
Tatt
Sometimes i am sure this has happened and i have not noticed. Other times I catch it and fix it by either starting the engine and turning off again, or once even by releasing and resetting the parking brake lever. Once a co-worker came by in the office and asked me "if you drive that red Minicooper you left your lights on"...
Anybody know whats' up with that? Seen it before?
Tatt
Last edited by tattman23; 03-24-2009 at 10:16 PM. Reason: break = brake lol
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The Bentley manual has a picture of the brake light switch on page 340-5> Here is what it says: Brake light switch, mounted to the pedal cluster support bracket, is a Hall effect sensor supplying brake application information to the ABS control module. I had a similar problem in my old Chevy PU some years ago that was traced to exactly such a sensor.
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The Bentley manual has a picture of the brake light switch on page 340-5> Here is what it says: Brake light switch, mounted to the pedal cluster support bracket, is a Hall effect sensor supplying brake application information to the ABS control module. I had a similar problem in my old Chevy PU some years ago that was traced to exactly such a sensor.
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