Nissan Altima the "engine service soon" light turns on???

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VijaKhara - 03 May 2006 23:51 GMT

Dear Members:

in my nissan altima 1997, the light "break" and " engine service soon"
turn on when I start the car? can you please tell me what they mean and
what shoud I do>?

Thanks

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Andy Champ - 04 May 2006 21:48 GMT

> Dear Members:
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> Thanks

No idea about the service engine soon. If you mean "brake" it could be:
- handbrake on, or switch dodgy
- Low brake fluid
- ABS fault (ABS tends to fail "safe", you still brake but without ABS)
- something serious, and your brakes are about to fail

Check the manual. It will say something. And I'd guess a trip to a
dealer will allow you to swap many $£ or whatever for fixing it!

Andy

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shillsix00@yahoo.com - 06 May 2006 00:09 GMT

My service eng soon and brake light came on at the same time. Didn't
know what to think. On the way to the dealer I lost power and had to
get towed. Turns out, the alternator was dead - the battery pwr took
over til that drained all the way. I think the loss of power right
after the alternator died caused the ABS to put the 'brake' light on.
I have a 99 frontier - not sure if these might be the same engines.

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