Brake rear lights

Hi there!

I recently bought a 2002 Venture. It has worked ok but last night happens something strange.

When my family and I arrive to our house, I turn off the van and the lights. But the rear stop light was turned on.

I pushed the brake but the lights continued on.
I pull with my hand the brake pedal and the brake light turned off.
But when I release the brake pedal the lights come on again.
Now I put a ball under the brake pedal to maintain the lights turned off

This is the second time that it happens, the first time the lights turned off normal, the next day.

Has anyone else had this problem? If so, what did you do about it?

I dont want to continue with my ball.

I have similar problem with the brake light. It lights up the reverse light and signal improperly. So far still unable to figure out why. Some people said the taillight board was short circuit inside. some said it's the wiring harness that connects the board. I check the board using a multi-meter against the circuit diagram in the Haine's manual. they were fine. Just a little burning on one of the pins, both on male and female. Still investigating.

I have similar problem with the brake light. It lights up the reverse light and signal improperly. So far still unable to figure out why. Some people said the taillight board was short circuit inside. some said it's the wiring harness that connects the board. I check the board using a multi-meter against the circuit diagram in the Haine's manual. they were fine. Just a little burning on one of the pins, both on male and female. Still investigating.

My 2001 has a similar problem. Tracked the problem down to the "burning on one of the pins" at the left tail light (which happened to be the white ground wire), which caused all kinds of strange problems when signaling for a left, hitting brakes with headlights on and having directional arrows on dash glow, etc.

My solution so far... cleaned the burned female connector with a small awl, stuffed the female end with a small wad of steel wool, re-plugged the connector to the tail light assembly. So far it's working fine, but the steel wool will not last indefinitely, so will be shopping for the replacement connector.

Hope this helps.

My 2001 has a similar problem. Tracked the problem down to the "burning on one of the pins" at the left tail light (which happened to be the white ground wire), which caused all kinds of strange problems when signaling for a left, hitting brakes with headlights on and having directional arrows on dash glow, etc.

My solution so far... cleaned the burned female connector with a small awl, stuffed the female end with a small wad of steel wool, re-plugged the connector to the tail light assembly. So far it's working fine, but the steel wool will not last indefinitely, so will be shopping for the replacement connector.

Hope this helps.

You are right, the ground wire was burnt, but it's the black wire, I'll try your solution on the female. My theory is the ground wire connection (at the harness) is not able to handle the current or just marginal, when all the light bulbs are lighted up. so eventually when coupled with the mositure it burns to a point that when only one or two bulbs are powered, it's still ok when there's more bulbs together, they dimmed. Bad design. :banghead:

I'll let you know my fix. Thanks anyway.

You are right, the ground wire was burnt, but it's the black wire, I'll try your solution on the female. My theory is the ground wire connection (at the harness) is not able to handle the current or just marginal, when all the light bulbs are lighted up. so eventually when coupled with the mositure it burns to a point that when only one or two bulbs are powered, it's still ok when there's more bulbs together, they dimmed. Bad design. :banghead:

I'll let you know my fix. Thanks anyway.

Sorry for the color mixup. The wad of steel wool didn't work for long, so I recently disassembled the entire light, soldered a wire to the ground circuit strap inside it, brought the wire out of the light and soldered it to the black wire (thus eliminating the pin altogether). Was a little time consuming, but it's working fine.

Sorry for the color mixup. The wad of steel wool didn't work for long, so I recently disassembled the entire light, soldered a wire to the ground circuit strap inside it, brought the wire out of the light and soldered it to the black wire (thus eliminating the pin altogether). Was a little time consuming, but it's working fine.
:confused: I have difficulty opening the plastic board to get to the metal part. Any trick to do it without breaking the clips. I saw there are 4 clips on the side and maybe two or 3 in the middle. You probably had to drill a hole for the wire to come out and solder to the black wire??