Im looking at the brakelight switch, and it seems like i have to take off the plastic cover on the one side, so i can remove the harness/install the harness. it doesnt want to come off on either the old one or the replacement one. is there a trick to get it off, or in installing the new switch?

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To release the brake light switch locking tab from its notch in the switch mounting bracket, rotate the switch 30 degrees counterclockwise and pull out the switch. install in reverse.

not from the mounting bracket, i cant get the wireing harness out from the switch itself.

hmm, isn't that just a tab... similar to the TPS connector? press and release... lemme check mine...

Looking for answer to xyzik reply. I need to know how to remove wire connector from brake switch on 96 Dodge Ram 1500

Should just be the press and release tab there.

2001 dodge dakota i inadvertently on a co workers advice removed old brake light switch. I want to plug old switch in but it says do not re install. A you tube video said the same thing. Why? Btw i fixed stuck trans with wd 40 . co worker said his gmc denali solenoid was the problem for stuck trans.ty

Because the switch automatically adjust itself on install, removing it screws up the adjustment, and there is no way to reset it. Replacement is the only option.

when you disconnect it there should be an orange tab, push that tab out and remove it and then disconnect from the harness. Put the tab back In once you connect your new switch