Parkers come on when I hit the brakes?

[VTSS]

Okay this is a strange one, the other day while driving to work I noticed all my dash lights come on & go off, they were coming on then off, same thing on the way home from work, when I got home I noticed my parkers were on "Seens the light reflect on my fence" but the switch was turned off, I tapped/turned off - on/cursed it! but the parkers & dash light stayed on, then all of a sudden they went off?!?!!? "Some more cursing" then I realised it only happens when I put my foot on the brakes? but at night when I turn on my lights my brake lights stay on?

I have not done any updates to electrics for a long time "Or anything in that matter - apart from some Bob Jane 18" maggies"

Thought it might be the brake switch, but now not sure, feels I will have to find an auto-sparky to have a look, as I have never heard of this problem before?

[stirringaxe]

It's just a guess but there may be a bad earth in the rear of the car. Look at the rear lights. If there is no earth the system will try to use the other wires to seek out a path to earth. Get someone to look at whats happening with the lights from outside the car when you push the brake peddle down. Does it also affect the indicators ?

[TheForgotten]

mine did this a while back. for me it was mixing up the brake/indicator sockets when i replaced all the tail lights

[accentstencil]

Could also be a broken filament in the globe which has touched the second filament causing the brake and tail light to be on at the same time.

[speedracer006]

i also had the same problem however in my VL. CHeck your trailor plug (if you have one). For me someone had wired 2 wires into the same socket in the back of the plug.

[VTSS]

I cheaked all the earthing the best I could, could not find a thing as it is the 1st thing I thought of & feels it must be the problem, I have not changed the globs, might change them, around on the weekend tho I have not looked at the rear spoiler lights.

The indicaters work fine, & when the lights are on & I push the break pedal, they do brighten just a tad "More like a small pulse". Also I have no trailer plug.

Also this might have something to do with my Alarm, as it has an after market one in there.

Thanks for the tips guys!! I will get to the bottem of this & let you know the problem once found, so after a bit more cursing/dummy spitting I hope to have it fixed.

[burnz]

Could also be a broken filament in the globe which has touched the second filament causing the brake and tail light to be on at the same time.

that is the most common problem ppl allways say their cruise control is't
working "it's allways the narva globes in my experiance"

[| evaN |]

Could also be a broken filament in the globe which has touched the second filament causing the brake and tail light to be on at the same time.

My guess would be the globe. If you turn on your parkers and your brake lights are on then its probably the globe.

[VTSS]

Could also be a broken filament in the globe which has touched the second filament causing the brake and tail light to be on at the same time.

BINGO!!! passanger tail was the problem, the tail light filament was touching the other!!!!
Nice to have a sunny day to work on the car here Melbourne!!

Also thanks guys for the tips! & burnz & evaN backed up that thought, so I went at it again!

To easy & no cursing today & I owe you a beer/bourbon!!

[burnz]

BINGO!!!

Also thanks guys for the tips! & burnz & evaN I owe you a beer/bourbon!!

reaches on tap thank's
evan will prob have a bourbon

[VTSS]

Ah my kind of men!!! Bourbon drinkers!!!

Thanks again!