I replaced mine when people started telling me that my brake lights
were permanently on.

Jim

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Ed McLean <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> The failure of brake light switches is very rare but it does happen.  I
> recently replaced the two brake light switches on my 86 Westfalia, not
> because they quit working but because they were requiring too much pressure
> to turn on the brake lights.  When I installed the cruise control I used the
> brake light signal to release the cruise when I stepped on the brakes so
> this was an clear indication of when the lights came on.
>
> I noticed it took a fair amount of braking effort to release the cruise but
> it was OK.  As time went on it began taking more and more effort to the
> point that the nose of the Vanagon would dip significantly  from braking
> before the cruise released.  What finally convinced me to change the switch
> was being stopped by the cops in a small eastern NC town on a Saturday night
> for having no brake lights.  However, when I stepped firmly on the brakes
> and the brake lights came on they had no reason to investigate.  I think
> they (four deputy sheriffs in two cars by this time) were a bit disappointed.
>
> I replace the switches ($3.78 each) and now the brake lights are much more
> sensitive to pedal pressure, as they should be.
>
> Ed
>
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