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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 01:17 AM
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ok so today i left my house and pushed down the brakes a little at a stop light cuz they werent warmed up yet and i heard a click and the "brake" light turned on like as if i had the park brake on. does anyone know how to turn this light off? its driving me nuts! thanks!
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 05:43 AM
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check the fluid levels in the resevoir and make sure the switch on the handbrake is working correctly.
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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If you heard a click I would be looking for a broken switch on the pedal
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 08:19 PM
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the switch on the pedal can very easily come out of its hole, happened to me on my 94, easy to fix once you find it, you should be able to see how it works up under there....good luck
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Lt1FBoDy209
ok so today i left my house and pushed down the brakes a little at a stop light cuz they werent warmed up yet and i heard a click and the "brake" light turned on like as if i had the park brake on. does anyone know how to turn this light off? its driving me nuts! thanks!

just play with your hand brake, im sure it is the switch in there. give the hand brake a few good pushes down
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 02:33 AM
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the hand brake works fine.. the light turned on after something clicked on the brake pedal.
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Old May 1, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Lt1FBoDy209
the hand brake works fine.. the light turned on after something clicked on the brake pedal.

Im not sure, but im preety sure the "Brake" light will only come on due to the handbrake, the ABS light will come on if there is a problem with the ABS. Im not sure, but this is what i think. Goodluck.
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