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You have a brake light switch on a mount around the brake pedal arm look for it to see if it has come out of the bracket it is mounted in or just miss adjusted it will be under the dash around the pedal arm sometimes hard. To get to

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SOURCE: Brake lights won't come on

check for a bad brake light fuse! if not the fuse, the brake light switch operates brake lights and if bad you will not be able to shift it out of park, as well as the brake lights not coming on.! because you have to put foot on brake to do so. if bad switch, it wont let it out of park. it could be just out of adjustment also!! good-day !

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SOURCE: My brake lights stay on until I begin to press the

on your brake pedal yuo have a switch to turn off the brake lights when not in use and when depressed turns on yuor brake lights. i would suggest either trying to adjust them on the pedal and if not replace the switch.

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