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Eric94GT
05/21/2001, 03:46 PM
After I picked up my car from the shop today I had to come to a pretty damn hard stop and the brake light came on during the stop and turned off when the car stopped. not the abs light, the e-brake light. any ideas wtf this could be? :confused:
rebby
05/21/2001, 03:52 PM
hmm, call the shop... that can't be right...
Russki
05/21/2001, 06:25 PM
I thought that that was normal! Every time I push the brakes a bit harder than usual, the e-brake light comes on, than turns off when i release the brakes. And in the winter, every time the ABS turned on, the e-brake light comes on.... I read somewhere that that light comes on as a notice that the car is losing traction, but i don't know. HELP!!! Is it serious????
domino
05/21/2001, 07:21 PM
sounds like your a little low on fluid
rebby
05/21/2001, 08:11 PM
Originally posted by Jeremy Dominick
sounds like your a little low on fluid ah, that's a very good possibility... check that for sure!
Russki
05/21/2001, 08:33 PM
Originally posted by Jeremy Dominick
sounds like your a little low on fluid

I did, the level is 3/4 way between low and full, could it be something else? can it be "bad" brake fluid.
Eric94GT
05/21/2001, 10:38 PM
how do you check the brake fluid?
rebby
05/21/2001, 10:44 PM
Originally posted by Eric94GT
how do you check the brake fluid? i think that you may be trying way too had to funny... :rolleyes:
tracer bullet
05/21/2001, 11:14 PM
I'd say check the tail lights. Most cars do this when a bulb is burnt out back there. Pretty simple fix.
Eric94GT
05/21/2001, 11:22 PM
nevermind, i dont know what im thinking. :o
rebby
05/22/2001, 09:46 AM
Originally posted by tracer bullet
I'd say check the tail lights. Most cars do this when a bulb is burnt out back there. Pretty simple fix. :lol:
domino
05/22/2001, 10:13 AM
does that little light come on when you get low on blinker fluid too?
rebby
05/22/2001, 10:24 AM
Originally posted by Jeremy Dominick
does that little light come on when you get low on blinker fluid too? mine did... i just filled the fluid up w/some Dr. Pepper and I haven't had a problem w/it since... :D
Russki
05/22/2001, 11:05 AM
hey, i'm serious, that light comes on every time i break! What can i do?:help:
rebby
05/22/2001, 11:12 AM
Originally posted by GV93GT
hey, i'm serious, that light comes on every time i break! What can i do?:help: i'm not sure... ask on PT... i will check my ford manual too...
Russki
05/22/2001, 12:31 PM
Originally posted by rebby
i'm not sure... ask on PT... i will check my ford manual too...

Thanks, man, I appreciate it!!:)
tracer bullet
05/22/2001, 10:05 PM
You dumbasses, I'm serious. My old Tracer was like this. Have you seen how people can hook up LED's to their stereo amps, where there's a green light if it's getting power and a red one if it isn't? This is similar electronically.

I bet it only comes on when you hiot the brakes. I bet it comes on no matter if you press it hard or lightly. Get somebody to watch your tail lights (including the third light at the top. Now go hit the brake pedal. I'm telling you, one of the lights is burnt out.

If that's the problem, you all must bow down before me next meet. If not, it's still a good idea - my Tracer leaked water into the tail lamp fixture. Everytime it killed a bulb, I knew because that light in the dash lit up when I hit the brakes. It quit after I replaced the bulb again.

Go check this out, it's easy, and yes, I'm serious. (But not "Yahoo Serious):D
Russki
05/22/2001, 10:25 PM
I'm so sorry, it WAS the brake fluid.
Although it was at an ok level, i filled it all the way to the full line and the light doesn't turn on anymore:lol:

Sorry to bother all of you, it was just my stupidity going overtime.
:)
Eric94GT
05/22/2001, 10:30 PM
dont you have to bleed the system if you take the top of the master cylinder thing for the brakes off? this is why i asked how you check the brake fluid.:confused:
domino
05/22/2001, 11:42 PM
Originally posted by GV93GT
I'm so sorry, it WAS the brake fluid.
Although it was at an ok level, i filled it all the way to the full line and the light doesn't turn on anymore:lol:

Sorry to bother all of you, it was just my stupidity going overtime.
:)

not to be a glory hog but wasnt this my first idea?
rebby
05/23/2001, 08:27 AM
Originally posted by GV93GT
I'm so sorry, it WAS the brake fluid.
Although it was at an ok level, i filled it all the way to the full line and the light doesn't turn on anymore:lol:

Sorry to bother all of you, it was just my stupidity going overtime.
:) good deal... now i just need to get my c/e fixed and we should all have working probes! unless i forgot something???
Russki
05/23/2001, 09:29 AM
Originally posted by rebby
good deal... now i just need to get my c/e fixed and we should all have working probes! unless i forgot something???

Not so fast!! I still got bad vc gaskets and o2 sensors.:(
rebby
05/23/2001, 09:32 AM
Originally posted by GV93GT


Not so fast!! I still got bad vc gaskets and o2 sensors.:( hmm, oh well... worth a try anyway....
domino
05/23/2001, 11:48 AM
and I seem to have gotten an upper rpm power loss possibly related to the tps and vris interaction
although I may have fixed it last night