# Phantom Turning Tail Lights On my MR-2

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/phantom-turning-tail-lights-on-my-mr-2/26787>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries, lights\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/phantom-turning-tail-lights-on-my-mr-2/26787 "2009-02-21T19:22:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![TexasKit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/76d3ee/32.png) [@TexasKit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TexasKit)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/phantom-turning-tail-lights-on-my-mr-2/26787/1 "2009-02-21T19:22:44Z")

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My car is a 1986 Toyota MR-2. In cooler weather gremlins turn my tail lights on and run my battery down. I just replaced an 8-year battery that I only had for 4-5 years. Two days later it happened again. If I hit the brake pedal a couple of times and pull it up with the top of my shoe, it will turn the lights out. Any idea what’s causing this?