Break LIGHT problem!!
3/18/12, 11:41 PM
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Hoping someone can help or has gone through this and fixed it... Whenever I brake my brake light comes up on the dashboard... I don't even break hard and the break pads and everything else looks good... Even when I am just driving the light goes on without even pressing the breaks... What's wrong??
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3/19/12, 12:07 AM
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It started last month and now the light is getting annoying... And no the car hasn't had any work on it I have been the only owner besides my dad... Guess I should get it checked
3/19/12, 04:28 PM
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Brake fluid normally goes low for 2 reasons - 1) a leak, or 2) pads are worn. Neither are good, so if it goes low again, make sure to get it in to the brake shop to avoid having a really bad day.
3/19/12, 07:34 PM
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Um... not to derail totally, but isn't the reason the things get low due to two things?
1) Leak somewhere.
2) pads/shoes are wore out, causing the resevoir to be low because the fluid's in the caliper/slave pistons.
Now, granted, a long lived car 10 years old might seep the teeniest and it eventually weeps through to the 'outside' and is lost that way... over time... But excepting that... am I wrong in my thoughts?
Worn pads= when replacing, the now full resevoir fluid will be expelled. Be forewarned, you will be gettin' messy when that happens.
1) Leak somewhere.
2) pads/shoes are wore out, causing the resevoir to be low because the fluid's in the caliper/slave pistons.
Now, granted, a long lived car 10 years old might seep the teeniest and it eventually weeps through to the 'outside' and is lost that way... over time... But excepting that... am I wrong in my thoughts?
Worn pads= when replacing, the now full resevoir fluid will be expelled. Be forewarned, you will be gettin' messy when that happens.
3/19/12, 08:04 PM
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Um... not to derail totally, but isn't the reason the things get low due to two things?
1) Leak somewhere.
2) pads/shoes are wore out, causing the resevoir to be low because the fluid's in the caliper/slave pistons.
Now, granted, a long lived car 10 years old might seep the teeniest and it eventually weeps through to the 'outside' and is lost that way... over time... But excepting that... am I wrong in my thoughts?
Worn pads= when replacing, the now full resevoir fluid will be expelled. Be forewarned, you will be gettin' messy when that happens.
1) Leak somewhere.
2) pads/shoes are wore out, causing the resevoir to be low because the fluid's in the caliper/slave pistons.
Now, granted, a long lived car 10 years old might seep the teeniest and it eventually weeps through to the 'outside' and is lost that way... over time... But excepting that... am I wrong in my thoughts?
Worn pads= when replacing, the now full resevoir fluid will be expelled. Be forewarned, you will be gettin' messy when that happens.
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