This Is The Strangest thing???

Ok, so i just did my front brakes tonight and after i finished i jump into the truck to test them out when this happened.

I didnt even put the key in and i put my foot on the brake and my dash lights, front parking lights, clock, CD, and my chime goes off. But only when i tap the brake. Very strange... never happened before.
I didnt touch any wires while doing the brakes.

Any ideas?

 

battrey dead?

 

nope, just drove home from work.

 

hmmm idk then maybe a blown fuse?

 

You've probably got some sort of short involving the taillight circuit.

One possible cause could be a wiring fault or bulb failure in the rear lamp(s).

A short in the engine bay fuse block (stop, tail, and / or panel fuses) and / or those fuses' circuits' wiring would also explain it.

 

Thats what ive been hearing from mulitple sources. Doesnt make sense though, when could that have happened?
Thanks for the help

 

this happend to a 4runner that my girlfriends mom had. we never could figure out why. im definately interested in a solution.
oh ya and it only had 300k on the OD

 

The reason you've heard it from multiple sources is because it makes perfect sense (as a diagnosis). How it got that way is a different issue.

Check the engine bay - and particularly the front corner lamps - to see if you somehow messed up a ground wire or shorted the corner lamp wiring while you were working on the front brakes.

Then again - it might simply be a coincidence.

 

it could just be coinsidence, it has to be a wire. one time every time i hit the brake my blinkers came on?? it was so weird.... but it was just wire touching metal.