Brake lights staying on when driving.

Asked by Mario A Oct 23, 2017 at 07:58 PM about the 2007 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5L

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I just changed my brake light switch because my
brake lights would not turn off when I'm driving.
But the seems to still happen. I've changed the
battery and bulls but still no solution.

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Ricardio_Frenz answered 7 years ago

If you have access to a multimeter I would suggest checking to see if the wire going to the brake light is grounded and is skipping past the switch.

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