Illuminating the Top Brake Light Issue Causes and Solutions

The third brake light is on all the time, even after the XC is turned off. I have the check stop lamp message in the display. Any suggestions. Have you inspected your brake light switch? It is on the arm your brake pedal is on. Look for the switch/plunger and verify that the rubber ... Adjusting the brake switch seemed to solve my problem. Underneath the dash you can try to adjust the brake switch on the brake petal. Press on ... If it doesn't work, then I believe the brake light switch you've already checked is at fault. ... And to clarify, my cruise would still work but ... Check for an earth fault on your tail lights. Theres probably a wire that comes off the harness and is grounded to a screw. My actual symptom was the the brake lights was constantly on (all 3 lights, both tail and the center light) and it caused a battery drain to ... Here are the things I've noticed while researching this issue. Brake light on tail lights work as intended. You press the brake and they light ... The only way to turn off the third brake light is to remove the fuse #49. Both of my regular brake lights work correctly but the third brake light doesn't. You can test this switch with an ohmmeter. Disconnect both wires and connect each probe of the ohmmeter to each wire. While the parking brake is ... You may have a bad ground-a light is grounding through the CHMSL bulb. Take that bulb out, turn on the lights and observe if there is light not ...