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Re: Brake lamp light stays on
| crw | 31 Aug 2005 22:15 |
Wow, so many people responding to my questions, thank you very much. All the lights are working. It's only the brake lamp light stays on all the time! This happened before about 2 years ago, corrosion on the bulb and the socket. I cleaned it and was fine till now. I took the bulbs out ( except the centre one), measure the resistance, they seemed very close in value. Crw
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| High Tech Misfit | 31 Aug 2005 19:53 |
> totally forgot about that. That happened on the GFs 87 prelude, but my 98 > does not have the feature that warns you when a brake lamp is out. Wonder > why? My guess is that it tended to not work properly. The brake lamp light in my '93 Accord sometimes lights up in cool, damp weather after it has not been driven for many hours. Perhaps condensation is the culprit.
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| T L | 31 Aug 2005 15:56 |
totally forgot about that. That happened on the GFs 87 prelude, but my 98 does not have the feature that warns you when a brake lamp is out. Wonder why?
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>> The brake lamp stays on after I step on the brake. It is a 90 Accord. I >> have checked old postings. I have checked all the bulbs. Some suggest a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >unit *thinks* a bulb is burned out, even though it's not. Remove all the >bulbs to check for rust. |
| TeGGeR® | 31 Aug 2005 13:39 |
> The brake lamp stays on after I step on the brake. It is a 90 Accord. I > have checked old postings. I have checked all the bulbs. Some suggest a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > annoying. Thanks. > Crw First, if all your brake lights at the rear of the car are working normally, then the module is fine.
If this is the "brake light out" warning light on the dash that's on, then you should check the center high-mount brake light. Everybody forgets that one.
If all your bulbs are in fact working, then you've likely got corrosion on one or more sockets that is increasing resistance such that the control unit *thinks* a bulb is burned out, even though it's not. Remove all the bulbs to check for rust.
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| crw | 31 Aug 2005 07:45 |
The brake lamp stays on after I step on the brake. It is a 90 Accord. I have checked old postings. I have checked all the bulbs. Some suggest a greyish sensor or a module. All I can find is a greyish connector very close to the bulbs on both sides. I have traced the wires to the rear back seat but can not find the 'module'. Can anyone help me with that? Very much appreciated. The red light is there all the time, very annoying. Thanks. Crw
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