Hi everyone,

I have a slight problem if anyone could help, I have a rover 200 and
when I turn on the engine the brake lights come on and remain on until
the engine is switched off, pressing the brake peddle makes no
difference. Everything else works (at the moment).
So if there are any budding helpers out there who could give me some
advice before I spend out on a garage job, for something that may just
be really simple, I would be really gratefull.

Thanks guys

Ruth33




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Ruth33

"Ruth33" <Ruth33.2pdh3n (AT) autobanter (DOT) co.uk> wrote

It sounds very much as though the brake light switch has got stuck on and
needs to be replaced. Unfortunately, I don't know for certain where it is
positioned but I would look near the pedal and see if it was there. It
probably is (you'll have to bend down and look under where the pedal is
mounted). Disconnected the wire from the switch and if the light goes out
then it's pretty certain to be the switch.

Rob Graham

"Ruth33" <Ruth33.2pdh3n (AT) autobanter (DOT) co.uk> wrote

The brake light switch is the fault (in all probability) It may (probably)
only need adjustment, or it may need replacement.

The switch is directly operated by the pedal being pushed away from it , so
move the seat back and get your head near the pedals and look up, remove any
trim that may be in the way, the switch is a little black thing with two
wires going to it immediately above the brake pedal. Usually the switch is
adjustable by means of the thread on the outside of it, mostly a quarter
turn anticlockwise unlocks the switch which can then be moved down toward
the pedal to turn the brake lights off. a quarter turn clockwise will
relock the switch, check adjustment in use, ie gentle braking puts the brake
lights on.

The switch can become maladjusted by accidentally pulling the brake pedal
up, especially by those old Krooklock devices that lock the pedal to the
steering wheel.

Mrcheerful

"MrCheerful" <nbkm57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

It usually has a feed to the ecu to cut fuelling when braking, has she been
surging when braking?

PDH