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The switch can go out in the off or on position. When you depress your pedal, your switch engages causing your brake light to come on. now if you had your foot on the brake when a surge hit that circuit, then it could have melted the contacts together causing your lights to stay on. This may or may not be your problem, but it's something you could possibly check out on your own. To check it, crawl down and look at your brake pedal. without touching it, locate your brake switch. It should be a little piece of plastic screwed into a bracket in front of the brake pedal assy. Then go ahead and push the brake pedal down and you'll notice a little nipple sticking out of the switch. you should be able to push this nipple in or out and turn off and on your brake lights. you will probably need a buddy to stand behind your car and verify this. But if you can do this and nothing changes or you can't move the nipple at all, it's probably safe to assume that its your switch and you'll need a new one. if you can make them shut off then you just have to adjust it. To do this, you just put some force on it pushing it towards the front of the car a couple of clicks. Not too far, just far enough so your pedal makes cantact with it again. But, if you have any reservations about tackling it then please don't. Get to someone who is knowlegeable about this sort of problem. I would hate to see another DSM toasted because you did something wrong or weren't sure and fried the wiring even more. I wouldn't worry about driving w your brake lights on most people just keep their distance when they see that. It makes em think your some sort of old fart that rides his brakes. LOL. Anyway I hope this helps even a little. Good luck, Wes.
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