My break lights were on with the car off, and there was a small pile of plastic on my car carpet and it was the evening. If I left it alone the battery would be dead by the morning.
I googled the issue and there is a plastic piece that the break switch touches to shut off the lights when you release the break, and if that piece of plastic breaks the switch just protrudes through a hole leaving the lights on.
So while waiting to get this plastic piece, I put some glowforge art in the break to make it stop the light from illuminating. (mind you the first time I step on the break it will all fall down, just a stopgap until it is fixed)
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Practical and decorative 
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That’s a cute critter–what’s it saying?
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Happy Easter!
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That’s interesting. I love safety systems and their fail safes. So does that mean that the break lights stay on when driving too, or is just when it’s parked?
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Once the stopper blows out, the switch stays out, and is never depressed back in, so the light stays on with both with driving and with the car off and parked. the car behaves the same way, just confuses people driving behind you.
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You just described my daily driving with a working switch. 
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I put a knife switch on one battery post and was amazed how much longer the battery would last.
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so when you arenʻt driving you disconnect the battery with the switch? doesnʻt it reset you stereo / clock each time?
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If I follow your post correctly, I’d probably have made an insert by cutting a couple of small acrylic discs that fit in that hole, with a larger one on top, all bonded together, to pop in there. If it worked, I’d secure it with a drop of hot glue or goop…
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Since I never use either I have no idea. It is an older van so I couldn’t tell you what is there, The only part I care about is if it starts. I doubt if such things are even maintained by the battery.
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I thought about that fix, but didn’t trust that the glue would hold.
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