Brake lights coming on in the night!?

[coyoterich]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post so I hope that all you experienced people out there can help me out with this?

Recently I have been going to my Touran in the morning and my brake lights are on. When I press the brake pedal they go off. I have been checking that they are off when I leave to the car in the evening but at some point in the night they are turning on. I should also mention that this seems to drain the battery also as more often than not the battery is flat and I have to get the jump leads out.
Any ideas and advice greatly appreciated please?

Thanks in advance..

Rich.

[zollaf]

dodgy brake switch. see how far you need to actually press the pedal down to get the lights to come on. if its only a tiny weeny bit then the switch may just need replacing. the pedal may just be sinking enough to switch them on.

[coyoterich]

Thanks Zollaf,

After doing lots of looking on line it seems that the brake light switch is the most popular answer.
I have had this issue for quite a while now and put it down to a recent new battery change so much so that I had a replacement battery under warranty. I have even been told by two local garages that I might need a new cluster unit as somewhere along the line a message is being sent to turn the lights on.
I will certainly but a new switch and hope that is the issue I will be very very happy if this solves the problem.
If it doesn't what else could I be looking out for?

[zollaf]

not a lot else it could be. the brake light switch switches them on, thats all.

[coyoterich]

Lets hope so I have ordered the part now so once fitted I will post a update.