Brake Light Switch Keeps Breaking
#1
Brake Light Switch Keeps Breaking
Hi
I have a 1998 Maxima and I am on the 4th brake switch in less then six months. The first three were from AutoZone, and the current one is from Pep-Boys, they all failed in the on potion resulting in a dead battery and the metal parts inside the switch getting hot enough to melt the plastic casting.
Will getting a brake switch from Nissan be what is need to fix this problem?
I have a 1998 Maxima and I am on the 4th brake switch in less then six months. The first three were from AutoZone, and the current one is from Pep-Boys, they all failed in the on potion resulting in a dead battery and the metal parts inside the switch getting hot enough to melt the plastic casting.
Will getting a brake switch from Nissan be what is need to fix this problem?
#3
Hi
I'll check that. I took two of the switches apart and found the same problem, the plastic plunger that pushes the contacts apart is getting chewed up by the contacts. After a while theirs not enough of the plunger left to push the contacts apart. In the case of the third switch I installed, with in 24 hours it failed.
I'll check that. I took two of the switches apart and found the same problem, the plastic plunger that pushes the contacts apart is getting chewed up by the contacts. After a while theirs not enough of the plunger left to push the contacts apart. In the case of the third switch I installed, with in 24 hours it failed.
Last edited by ajdragon; 08-27-2019 at 05:19 PM.
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