Ever since it has turned cold, my 2000 Si's BRAKE light on the dash will come on even after the E brake has been disengaged. I have checked the fluid in the MC and it is full. The brakes stop just fine and it will do it whenever I shift and may stay on through a couple of gears then go off. I am not shifting hard just driving normally. Have any of you had this problem? This didnt do it last winter.


Modified by RedSuperRanger23 at 1:59 PM 12/6/2006

 

Check the travel of the float on the MC cap. They like to get gummed up and stick causing the light to come on thinking it's low on fluid. Also check and make sure the wires to the cap are plugged in all the way.

 

thanks Ill try that.

 

OMG!!! i'm having the same problem except now my light stays on. I thought it was something simple like me taking out the third brake light to put on a type-r spoiler made it think it was burnt out.

 

the light isnt that smart......

 

Verify that it isnt the parking brake via the switch @ the end of the lever under the center console cover.

If thats not it, and your brake fluid is dirty, take off the cap and slide the float to the top. If it fixes it:

flush out the old fluid, replace the master cylinder float and the screen inside.

 

Just an FYI don't use your e-brake in winter (unless ur ******* around). It tends that **** gets thrown up in there, ice 'n ****, you pull up on your e-brake when you park, it hits -5 degrees, everything's ice, you put your e-brake down, the light says it's off, and you roast a caliper...

Though that's not what happened there, check your brake fluid. But that's a serious FYI for the winter....just so u know..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just an FYI don't use your e-brake in winter (unless ur ******* around). It tends that **** gets thrown up in there, ice 'n ****, you pull up on your e-brake when you park, it hits -5 degrees, everything's ice, you put your e-brake down, the light says it's off, and you roast a caliper...

Though that's not what happened there, check your brake fluid. But that's a serious FYI for the winter....just so u know..</TD></TR></TABLE>

For crying out loud, do you sit around and make some of this stuff up? You are so full of bad info. If there was the remote chance your brakes would stick from the cold weather, the rotor and caliper would heat up from drag within seconds of driving the car and release. You "roast" a caliper from rust or corrosion on the slide pins and or pistion, not from using your e-brake in the winter.

Please quit throwing these stupid ideas out there like not using a safety device