# Electrical

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical/37914>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota, lights\
**Created:** [October 10, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical/37914 "2009-10-10T22:26:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![LoscoHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@LoscoHunter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoscoHunter)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical/37914/1 "2009-10-10T22:26:44Z")

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Tail lights malfunction

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**Author:** ![LoscoHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@LoscoHunter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoscoHunter)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical/37914/2 "2009-10-10T22:31:11Z")

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New to this forum… Issue: Toyota Corolla (1996ish)  
—with headlights ‘off’ the park-to-drive brake switch works fine; but, when brake is depressed the dashlights and fog lights come on  
—when headlights are ‘on’ the park-to-drive switch does not work (appears to be over-ridden) and brake lights are on all the time.

I figure there is an electrical short—but where to start looking?

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electrical/37914/3 "2009-10-10T22:48:58Z")

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Check/replace the brake light bulbs, and while your doing that, check the brake light sockets. Most likely it will be a bad bulb or bad socket, but the short could be elsewhere too.