Brake lights coming on at night

[dansmith180]

I have been told by a neighbour that he has seen my brake lights on at 4/5/6am 3 or 4 times since I got the car. They all work normally otherwise and I have no other electrical issues, does anyone know what could cause this? Am I doing something? Cheers

[greygti]

A:your car is frightened of the dark
B:your neighbour is mental
C:there an electrical fault some where on the car

[Johnny_tro]

It's a faulty brake light switch.......

http://workshop-manuals.com/volkswagen/golf-mk5/images/golf-mk5-154.png

Example above. Did it on mine gt one from deler cheap enough and easy to change

[th3_f15t]

A:your car is frightened of the dark
B:your neighbour is mental
C:there an electrical fault some where on the car

I bet it's A...

[Apollo]

A:your car is frightened of the dark
B:your neighbour is mental
C:there an electrical fault some where on the car

d: You have someone in the boot signalling to be released.......

[th3_f15t]

Possible then it's linked to B. Hopefully.

[dansmith180]

A:your car is frightened of the dark
B:your neighbour is mental
C:there an electrical fault some where on the car

  

Unfortunately it can't be B because my car died overnight a while ago and I had no idea what caused it until now.

[dansmith180]

It's a faulty brake light switch.......

http://workshop-manuals.com/volkswagen/golf-mk5/images/golf-mk5-154.png

Example above. Did it on mine gt one from deler cheap enough and easy to change

Cheers mate, I'll have to grab one and see if it does the trick, I'm really hoping this doesn't turn into a saga trying to find so me dodgy electrical issue.

[greygti]

A:your car is frightened of the dark
B:your neighbour is mental
C:there an electrical fault some where on the car

  



Unfortunately it can't be B because my car died overnight a while ago and I had no idea what caused it until now.

Haha , hopefully you'll get it sorted mate   

[iian]

Just bumping this to see if a brake light switch solved the OP's problem.

Having the same issue at the minute and really don't want a flat battery as it will drop my Revo map. Only seems to be happening on really cold evenings.

[dansmith180]

Just bumping this to see if a brake light switch solved the OP's problem.

Having the same issue at the minute and really don't want a flat battery as it will drop my Revo map. Only seems to be happening on really cold evenings.

Yes mate the switch solved it in the end but it was a ballache and I ended up replacing the rear high rise brake light. I was just very unlucky and had some stupid electrical gremlins.

[iian]

Good job Dan, thanks for getting back to me.

£11 from TPS for a new switch, so I'll fire it in  now.

[Johnny_tro]

Glad to see you got this sorted......

Real cheap and easy to do. Was doing it on mine and realised it was just the switch? Glad I could help