Beck/Arnley Stop Light Switch - 201-1579

This brake light switch can cause your car to not engage the gear stick. When the connection fails to close because the circuit is still open not only will your brakelights not go on but you will not be able to engage the gears. Reasonably easy to install with some contortions and a good helping of promising oneself to do more yoga henceforth.

My only concern with this brake light switch was: there was no mention in the product information that this switch also controlled the cruise control. That seems to be an important part of the product description necessary to choose the proper type of this switch. If not for the customer questions at the end of the page I may have ordered the wrong part. (Which, unfortunately, I did, prior to ordering this part.)This switch exactly replaced the old one. To replace the switch, you are required to be a contortionist in order to see what you are doing under the dashboard. (You will need a good light source.) You will also need to be very dexterous with your fingers in order to hold the brake pedal down and to remove the bolt holding the switch to its bracket. Then you simply unplug the connection and connect the new switch. Then comes the fun part: getting the nut onto the switch while holding the brake pedal down and lining up the nut with the bolt. I used a medical clamp to hold the nut in the approximate place and with my other hand holding the switch to align with the nut. Once the alignment is approximate you can release the brake pedal to capture the nut. Then, while holding the switch in place I needed to spin the nut until it (FINALLY) catches the threads of the bolt. Then simply snug it down. One caveat: make sure the upper nut on the switch is in the same position on the new switch as was the old one to allow for proper operation. The new switch works perfectly!

came as expected fitted my 2015 subaru xvwasnt that easy as i thought to install but eventually managed to installthx for the item

its a brake light switch. yes it hard to install. just stand on your head. 2003 subaru with cruse control

Unfortunately my old switch wasn't bad. So I returned this one

Easy plug and play fix for my 2007 Impreza break lights no longer working.

Car was flashing brake, check engine and cruise and a YT video said this switch was the fix. Ive driven hundreds of miles since the install and dash warning lights have not turned back on.

Bought this to regain my cruise control, after replacing a store bought switch which did not. After installing I was surprised to see that this switch did exactly the same thing as the one I replaced.

took not long to install will have to check out when car is running properly