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Posted on Mar 14, 2009

Brake lights stay on only when lights are on

Hi All Here is my problem
I noticed that my brake lights are staying on only when my head lights or parking lights are on. If the headlights are off then the brake lights work normal. When the lights are off and i press the brake the dash board lights come on aswel as the parking lights.

Can anyone help out with this problem? i basically cannot drive at night as the brake lights are on constantly and no one can tell if i am braking or not
Cheers
Joe

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Check common rail. maybe the problem concerns with a lack of ground (car chassis), and the return path is made through the other bulbs.
Use a 400-grade sand paper to clean the contacts and the metal part of the bulbs.

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