Electrical problems

[meanS4teen]

When I put on my brakes and the car is completely off (NO KEYs) my brake lights turn on my headlights turn on and my gauge lights turn on! It just started doing this one random day.

Another problem I have a friend driving behind me at night noticed my brake lights are always on even when I'm not on the brakes so people can't tell when I'm braking.

All the guage warning lights flicker also when I'm driving.

What is going on with my electrical?

 

[Aero-ks13.4]

brake light switch under the brake pedal. penny + some e tape to cover the whole that engages the swtich........

 

[Devil Man]

brake light switch under the brake pedal. penny + some e tape to cover the whole that engages the swtich........

let me ask you can you use a rivit there?

maybe your brake switch is taking a dump too cause if your having issues now with the brake lights that might be it... im not totaly sure though

 

[al0389]

If your brake lights stay on then your brake light switch may be bad, meaning the switch is not disengaging. You may want to consider looking over your whole wiring harness and testing all the switches and relays. It could be a bad ground or a broken wire causing this, or a bad/faulty switch or relay. Good luck, cuz electrical problems are a pain in the ass to figure out...

 

[meanS4teen]

Well, you guys are going to laugh. A friend of mine asked me if I had recently changed my tail light bulbs. I did, and apparently I put in the wrong size bulb which caused both contacts on the bulb to create a connection to other lights in the car(i don't know). I pulled out the bulb and problem solved thanks for the help, all the lights work properly.
:slap:

 

[240SicknessX]

yep, I think if you use a single filament bulb compared to a dual (for brake lights) it will continue to send the power else where. The brake lights are also running lights, so when you turn on the head lights the running lights come on too using the first filament, then once you step on the brake pedal, it lights the second filament to make the brake light visible.