JohnSz
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Hi All, just had an interesting problem and thought I'd post here in case anyone else has something similar. It could happen on any car, so worth keeping in mind.
Last night, I was told by another motorist while stopped at traffic lights (also a Commodore driver - good guy!) that my brake lights were permanently on. I was only 1 min away from friend's place, when I stopped I confirmed that they were in fact on. Then I noticed that when I turned off my lights (i.e. parkers), the brake lights also switched off and then behaved correctly when I pressed the pedal. Turn the parkers back on, and the brakes were on permanently.
Anyway, went inside and stayed for perhaps an hour. When I went to leave, I found that the brake lights were working correctly! I was temporarily relieved, but knew that it was too good to be true. Sure enough by the time that I got home (perhaps 10 mins) the brake lights were permanently on again.
Having a think about it, this morning I decided to replace both tail/stop lamps and found the problem. One of the stop lamps had a bridge between the stop and tail filaments! And the bridge looked quite wonky, so obviously it would short out once the bulb got hot!
Replaced both bulbs and now all is OK
I hope that this post saves someone else from ripping their hair out!!
Last night, I was told by another motorist while stopped at traffic lights (also a Commodore driver - good guy!) that my brake lights were permanently on. I was only 1 min away from friend's place, when I stopped I confirmed that they were in fact on. Then I noticed that when I turned off my lights (i.e. parkers), the brake lights also switched off and then behaved correctly when I pressed the pedal. Turn the parkers back on, and the brakes were on permanently.
Anyway, went inside and stayed for perhaps an hour. When I went to leave, I found that the brake lights were working correctly! I was temporarily relieved, but knew that it was too good to be true. Sure enough by the time that I got home (perhaps 10 mins) the brake lights were permanently on again.
Having a think about it, this morning I decided to replace both tail/stop lamps and found the problem. One of the stop lamps had a bridge between the stop and tail filaments! And the bridge looked quite wonky, so obviously it would short out once the bulb got hot!
Replaced both bulbs and now all is OK
I hope that this post saves someone else from ripping their hair out!!