2001 optima brake lights stay on

Asked by GuruTHLLD Jul 02, 2018 at 10:03 AM about the 2001 Kia Optima LX V6

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

the brake lights will not go off

3 Answers

Guru9D3CPL answered 3 years ago

There is a little hole on the brake shaft that had a rubber plug in it. The plug caused your brake switch button to move up a d down. The little plug fell apart and now your switch plunger is going g into the hole. I put a screw in the hole that now causes the switch plunger to move back and forth which turns the brake lights off and on. I used a short metal screw pointed end touching the switch plunger.

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