Q: Brake lights don't come off
My brake lights stays on after I turn off my car, I replaced the brake switch and didn't come off either with the new one installed. The brake pedal sometimes goes way down i don't know if that is related.
My car has 21000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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