Your vehicle is equipped with a stop lamp relay. The only thing I can think of that could even remotely have anything to do with the symptoms you are describing, is that another circuit (possibly transmission control solenoids?) have a bad connection somewhere and are feeding back and preventing your brake lamp relay from working.
I think I would start with a scan of your Engine Control Module, your Transmission Control Module and your Intrument Panel Cluster to see if there are any fault codes present that may lead you to a malfunctioning circuit.
Usually thats a safety measure for if you left your emergency break on. check if your emergency break is engaged if so take it off and it should fix the light problem.
Do the brake light work? No brake lights and it won't shift out of park. Check your fuses and check for loose wires. Check your brake light switch. If that has failed, you won't be able to get out of park. The other one if the shift lock solenoid which is in the shifter assembly. The brake shift interlock switch prevents the car being shifted from park unless the brake pedal is depressed. Try to apply power/ground to the proper wires & see if it will activate.. If it does, then the problem is between the brake light switch & that solenoid. Could be the wires or the switch.Make sure the shifter cable is still held down in place at the shifter assembly & under the hood. It is the interlock switch that you hear/feel clicking.It is for the prior generation but may still apply.
Good Luck and hopefully you soon will be on the road again...;-)
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