[ultraprince]

Originally Posted by knightrider

that could be it, if you get under the dash, look around the brake pedal, and you should see a sensor that gets activated by the brake pedal, i dunno how hard they are to change, or if they are expensive, but you could try just unplugging it, if that turns off the brake lights, then thats your prob, those sensors are common to go out on bmw's, ussually the brake lights dont work, rather than stay on, but thats a bmw.

yes I would check the brake switch under the pedal. also, it might be warning to check for something wrong, like a fail safe switch. i wouldn't want to just be driving with my brake lights out.