Brake lights stuck on (1 Viewer)

[jblaze]

I went out to take two tires from my car to the shop, when I got there, I noticed all my brake lights are stuck on. Since my car is taking up my garage and it is going to be >100 today, I am a bit limited on how much I am willing to do in direct sunlight to troubleshoot this right now. Any ideas where to start before ripping things apart and looking at wiring?

Figured I'd also post here but also see if anyone know what the heck this thing is from. Coincidentally it showed up in pieces on my driver floorboard, but I don't think it is related.

 

[jblaze]

I should've put something next to this for scale, but it is roughly nickel/quarter sized.

 

[jblaze]

Actually, googling works better for finding things on mud forums than the forum search, I think this is actually part of the switch for the brake lights. Fun day ahead for me it seems.

 

[pandathrust]

Check at the brake pedal, there is the switch there and you will see where the switch press "pin" is there is a rubber boot looking thing connected to the car that will press the pin inward to turn the brake lights off. I would expect the rubber might have worn a hole through it (causing the brake switch to never get pressed in) , or the switch itself bad and it sticking. my brake lights were a bit sticky and I just replaced both the switch and the rubber which took all of 10 minutes to do and they work fine. If its not that and something with electrical that's a different story.

 

[bmorgan]

That's definitely your problem. It's under the brake pedal. I had the same thing happen one day. Not having that "cushion" means the brake pedal isn't pushing the switch that turns off the brake lights. I used an old headliner plug laying in the back, put it in the hole where this "cushion" fell out of - it got me home - and actually I think it's still in there - HA. A new toyota one is like $1. But you can probably find something to use in the interim.

Toyota Part No.: 90541-06036

90541-06036 - Toyota Parts Deal

www.toyotapartsdeal.com

 

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Had the same exact problem with my truck related to the exact part listed above, been two years but think I readjusted the brake light switch to compensate.