My car is possessed

**PCYC** · 04-16-2008 04:52 PM

So my car is crazy. i got my brake master cylinder replaced. now my brake lights wont shut off even with key out of ignition, and my car will start without holding the clutch... IDEAS

**FourRings80** · 04-16-2008 04:58 PM

hand brake light or warning (used pads)

**Onese1f** · 04-16-2008 05:00 PM

Exorcism?

**quat** · 04-16-2008 05:12 PM

Brake light switch!

**AudiA4Turbo22** · 04-16-2008 09:05 PM

^^ +1!

**PCYC** · 04-16-2008 09:42 PM

no my lights outside of my car. So you think its the brake light switch where is it and can it be fixed(without replacing)? There are no warnigs or anything like that.

**quat** · 04-17-2008 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by quat

Dealer is your best bet. VW had a recall on the one they used in a lot of their vehicles. It's the same one that is in our cars. VW Part #1J0 945 511 D. Also I think its 8$ at a VW dealer but close to 15 at an Audi dealer.

Are you sure that its a bad bulb that needs replaced? All of your braking lights could be out because of this switch. Or they stay on all the time. Its one of the major symptoms of a bad switch, the other is a non-functioning cruise control.

The switch controls soooo many things on our cars. It's connected to all kinds of systems, ABS, Lighting, ESC, Cruise control, etc. Since you were pulling into the garage at the time im sure you were stepping on the brake pedal, thus activating the switch.

Clicky

That is the install on a VW, its basically the same on our cars. Just have to remove different paneling.

This is a post I made on another thread. If you have any other questions let me know.