New Cobra Owner with issues

[joyridin']

"Any ideas? My next step is to have it towed."

If you do this before you do a simple load check on the battery or some other minor maintenance checks, you probably should not have bought a Cobra.

I think the pecking order is something like: 1) Checking gas. 2) Checking oil. 3) Check battery.

[Ron61]

There are a lot of very good suggestions posted here and the OP hasn't responded to any of them. Maybe it was a bad battery and he is embarrassed that he never checked it first, but that brake lights coming on thing would worry me also. I would think he may have some serious wiring issues and try to get that straightened out after checking the battery. If the battery is low or bad some of that wiring could be the cause.

Ron