to all, but especially HamZer11 - thank you for your inputs. HamZer11 - you were right on the money. Found pieces of plastic exactly where you said it would be; put a quarter 20 bolt with two nuts and yeah - no continous brake lights. Many thanks. ChuckI had this same problem. You should see some whitish plastic pieces on the driver side front mat. If you get under there you will see that the brake pedal rod has a hole where this plastic piece was. They get brittle and break. Our vans have a reverse brake switch. When you release the brake it comes up and this plastic piece pushes in the brake switch pin. This shuts off the lights. When you press the brake obviously it release the pin and the lights turn on.
Without this piece the brake lights don't turn off. I replaced mine with a bolt and nut and wrapped it with electric tape to make sure it doesn't cause any electric issue. Been good since then.
Hope this helps.
many thanks veneodyssey - you and HamZer11 were right on the money. Totally amazing. chuckNut and Bolt is the fix! I siliconed, krazy glued the rubber tip that used to be by the brake pedal rod until it just disintegrated into smithoreens. absolutely just turned into plastic rubber powder. Just dug out the adequate sized nut, bolt, washer and dabbed some silicone on the contact point with the switch and it's been peaches since.
Not a problem. I think it's part of the reason we join forums - to share our experience.to all, but especially HamZer11 - thank you for your inputs. HamZer11 - you were right on the money. Found pieces of plastic exactly where you said it would be; put a quarter 20 bolt with two nuts and yeah - no continous brake lights. Many thanks. Chuck
Thank you HamZer11... your post above was right on the money and saved me a trip to the dealer. I saw the pieces of broken plastic on the floormat and then applied the nut and bolt suggestion and it worked well. I would only caution to use a small bolt and test drive the car once done to make sure the bolt isn't too long and keeps the brakes applied when trying to drive. Just as advertised the brakelight issue was resolved... Thanks again for the post!!!I had this same problem. You should see some whitish plastic pieces on the driver side front mat. If you get under there you will see that the brake pedal rod has a hole where this plastic piece was. They get brittle and break. Our vans have a reverse brake switch. When you release the brake it comes up and this plastic piece pushes in the brake switch pin. This shuts off the lights. When you press the brake obviously it release the pin and the lights turn on.
Without this piece the brake lights don't turn off. I replaced mine with a bolt and nut and wrapped it with electric tape to make sure it doesn't cause any electric issue. Been good since then.
Hope this helps.
I also fixed with a bolt and nut.I had this same problem. You should see some whitish plastic pieces on the driver side front mat. If you get under there you will see that the brake pedal rod has a hole where this plastic piece was. They get brittle and break. Our vans have a reverse brake switch. When you release the brake it comes up and this plastic piece pushes in the brake switch pin. This shuts off the lights. When you press the brake obviously it release the pin and the lights turn on.
Without this piece the brake lights don't turn off. I replaced mine with a bolt and nut and wrapped it with electric tape to make sure it doesn't cause any electric issue. Been good since then.
Hope this helps.