Help! Engine Start-Up

[cliffinaz]

2022 SR5 V6 Automatic w/regular key ignition. The engine starts without having to depress the brake pedal. Anybody know if this is just a bad brake light switch (the one under the dash by the brake pedal) or something more involved?

Thanks

 

[TacoTRD21]

2022 SR5 V6 Automatic w/regular key ignition. The engine starts without having to depress the brake pedal. Anybody know if this is just a bad brake light switch (the one under the dash by the brake pedal) or something more involved?

Thanks

Have you try adjusting switch's plunger rod travel by moving switch body closer/further away from brake pedal. Previous switch position may be at cusp of making/ breaking connection. Believe your vehicle is too new to have a bad/broken switch IMO but then sh... can happen. You may want to check switch's integrity for continuity when plunger is depressed or extended. Have not done one in a Taco but did one in 4th gen 4R., a 10 minute job to remove switch and bench test if I recall. Good luck.

 

[cliffinaz]

Thank you for the suggestions. I will get into it this weekend. Brake lights works and trans. shifter works normally. That is why I am wondering if the brake light switch is really what controls the starting of the engine. I can't find any information that details it.

 

[Teklinh]

Sounds like a bad brake light switch, yeah. That's the most common culprit for that. It's a pretty easy swap, too. But before you buy a new one, check the switch itself and all the wiring

 

[cliffinaz]

Sounds like a bad brake light switch, yeah. That's the most common culprit for that. It's a pretty easy swap, too. But before you buy a new one, check the switch itself and all the wiring

Thanks. Doing that today.