on my dash board the "brake" light is on after i take out the hand brakes off its still on. .. i saw some forums saying that might be the brake fluid level. question is if i open the master cly do i have to bleed all the brakes? and my abs fluid is low is that why the light might be on?

 

IT SHOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON TOP OF THE MASTER CYLINDER IF ITS LOW ADD FLUID IF ITS GOOD MIGHT BE THE FLOATER ON THE CAP THAT WENT BAD. OR THE HANDBRAKE SWITCH STUCK

 

my abs light on also but the brakes are okay stops when i want it

 

OK SO THE BRAKE LIGHT IS ON AND SO IS THE ABS. DID YOU RECENTLY DO YOUR BRAKES OR HAD SOMEONE DO IT. THE ABS COULD BE A BAD ABS UNIT. BAD ABS SENSOR. OR JUST THAT THE ABS RESERVOIR DOESNT HAVE ENOUGH BRAKE FLUID IN IT. IS THE FLUID OK ON THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR?

 

No you don't have to bleed the brakes when you open the brake fluid reservour to add fluid. Make both are filled (ABS and Master) ans see if that helps. There is also a spring loaded switch under the emergency brake lever. When you pull up, it springs out and the light comes on. When the lever pushes down on it the light goes out. So it can't be stuck, it's either loose and moved out of place or broken if it's the e-brake switch.

 

IVE HAD MINE GET STUCK THE SPRING WAS MISSING MUST HAVE BEEN WHAT I HEARD WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. SEE I SOMETIMES DRIFT MY ACCORD ONE TIME I PULLED THE E BRAKE AND I HEARD A CLING SPRING LIKE SOUND AND THE E BRAKE STAYED ON AND THE METAL SLEEVE WAS BENT ALL THE WAY BACK WHEN I OPEN THE SWITCH. MIGHT BE WHATS WRONG WITH HIS THATS Y I POINTED IT OUT AS WELL.

 

Yep very possible. If that spring flys out the switch popped apart and default would be a light.

 

WHY ARE YOU YELLING???

 

Not yelling my computer keyboard caps is messed up usb keyboard my son drewld on it n stays on caps now. Im on my android right now

 

Wy do people think all caps is yelling? I have nothing else to add...same as above, check your fluids and the switch! Good luck!

 

Because that's what it implies. Online etiquette yo! Kind of like when you want to add emphasis to something you will italicize it, or sometimes bold it. Or the cu-de-gras of emphasis, italicized, bold, capitalized, and change the size to let the world know that you are
AWESOME!!!

 

Ha,ha,ha,ha....

 

haha thanks and the abs fluid is half low and master i cant see it.. im goin to buy brake fluid today then check the spring thanks for the help

 

ok. since you cant find your brake fluid reservoir what year is your car? the brake fluid should be on the right side far back right side

 

circled in yellow thats your brake fluid reservoir

 

jdmcertified909 isnt that the abs fluid.. that wat it looks like in my car..
i fill the abs with fuel then turn car on and the light went off. i haven't driven it yet so idk if the light off for good.

got a 97 accord lx v6

 

Nope the abs reservoir is on the left side in front of the car. You know that device with metal hoses coming out of it. I can see it in your picture. The brake fluid reservoir is on the rignt side like I circled.. And you filled your brake reservoir with FUEL???????? I see that your power steering fluid is low too.

 

yea i filled it up and the light off thanks....

for the power steering i got a bad leak. the top hoses has a leak. i bought 4 bottles to fill the power steering fluid. .. when i got it check they wanted more then 450$. i found the part for 80$ just dnt know how to replace it.

Also when i back up from a part lot the steering is a lil hard to turn. but after i get on the road it go easy to turn but if i let go of the steering wheel it will go a little to the right.

 

dude you can bet the seals are going to get damaged inside the brake fluid reservoir with that fuel!! fuel only goes in the gas tank. brake fluid onlyl, if you would have read the cap on the resevoir it says brake fluid only

 

Lets hope he meant fluid and not fuel jdm. Sheeeh. You need to fix that powersteering leak too Dude. That's not gonna get any better pouring fluid through it and the day you run it dry, you stand the chance of siezing the pump.

 

Its easy bro. At the power steering pump theres two bolts then folow the rest of the hose and remove those other two bolts take off the hose and put the new one in. what I do is go to autozone and find a unwrapped chiltons manual for the car im working on and take a lok thru it hahaha

 

Ha,ha,ha.....so your the guy unwrappin those Chiltons! Keep up the good work Dude.

 

Lol no its not me. I only find the open ones. Plus,i know the manager so no biggie lol