Hi all I'm having a serious issue with my brake lights on my 2002
jcw mini to start off with they were not working at all, all my other lights worked fine, checked bulbs, fuses, broken wires, brake switch found nothing, then i came across a diode in the drivers footwell behind the trim and it had some corrosion on it so I removed this diode and the brake lights came on, now the issue I have is that they wont turn off, bmw claim this part not to be a factory part. I've tried to put the diode back in and I've even made a new one and they still won't turn off, has anyone come across this, me and my mate have spent alot of hours trying to fix this and we are out of ideas.
Brake lights won't turn off 
