# 2011 Hyundai Elantra brake lights staying on

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-hyundai-elantra-brake-lights-staying-on/145599>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, elantra\
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-hyundai-elantra-brake-lights-staying-on/145599 "2019-07-30T16:54:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JoseEsteMcDonald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@JoseEsteMcDonald](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoseEsteMcDonald)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-hyundai-elantra-brake-lights-staying-on/145599/1 "2019-07-30T16:54:23Z")

</div>

My 2011 Hyundai Elantra brake lights remain on. ( The only antecedent I can think of is i changed the passenger side brake light 2 weeks ago also I brought to the dealer for airbag recall last week)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-hyundai-elantra-brake-lights-staying-on/145599/2 "2019-07-30T17:09:45Z")

</div>

That will drain your battery fast.  
The brake light switch may have failed or possibly can be adjusted.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-hyundai-elantra-brake-lights-staying-on/145599/3 "2019-07-31T23:15:35Z")

</div>

If the lights go out by disconnecting the connection to the brake switch then it appears the switch is shorted, or not adjusted correctly.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-hyundai-elantra-brake-lights-staying-on/145599/4 "2019-08-01T02:29:47Z")

</div>

I had that happen to my Corolla just a few weeks ago. As posted above, good chance the problem is w/the brake light switch. In my case however the problem was a rubber spacer that fit on the bracket where the brake light switch pressed had fallen off. So look carefully on the floor under the brake pedal, see anything that looks like a part that fell off? I had to vacuum everything off of the floor, then look at the contents of the vacuum cleaner to find it.