The Stop Lamps fuse you pulled is one of many fuses to the BCM that power it up. And the Brake Pedal switch for the Brake lights is just an input, it has nothing to do with the actual circuit for the brake lamps. It's just a 12volt Reference to the switch and then an input wire back to the BCM to signal the pedal was depressed. Then another completely different circuit outputs the Brake lamp voltage to the bulbs. I'll give you a few inputs and outputs to check just to be sure the BCM is not receiving an input from somewhere else that it shouldn't be. Do you know the location of the BCM in your vehicle?
This first diagram shows the fuse you pulled (Stop Lamps 15A) and the Output wire for the Brake lamps themselves.
The 2nd is the Brake Lamp Switch operation (Stop Lamp). It has a 12v Reference going Out to the switch from the BCM which is a contact wire, showing when the switch is Not depressed. So, the Contact Sig wire should show 12v.
And the Brake Sig wire should not show 12volts unless the pedal is depressed. Some of these open/closed circuits are for the ABS and Cruise control circuits as well.
The 3, 4 diagram shows the Brown X5 pin 6 BCM connector which is the input wire from the Brake Lamp switch, so there should not be 12volts on there unless you press the pedal. So, verify that there isn't a short to power on this wire, If the BCM is receiving voltage from another source it could trigger the Stop Lamp output circuit.
The 5, 6 diagrams are for the Brake Lamp output wire from the pink BCM connector X6 pin 2. It should not have 12v unless pressing the pedal, this is where you will find you probably have voltage coming out when it shouldn't. Now if you turn the key off, and you unplug this connector and still have voltage on this wire, then it is feeding back from some other source. Such as a short to another power wire. I don't think you'll find that since pulling the Stop Lamp fuse shuts down the circuit. But it's good to check before replacing any modules.
I would also go through all the main powers and grounds for the BCM before placement.
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 AT 8:28 AM