Brake light won't go off
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Brake light won't go off
Well, today I drove my half-totalled 1994 SLE to work (no other way to get there). On lunch break I had to run to the bank to cash a check. Just as I was pulling into the bank parking lot I heard a chiming (very annoying and constant). I looked at the guages and the brake light was on.
I checked the e-brake and that was up all the way (even set and released it a few times and pulled on it with my hand when releasing), pulled the regular brake pedal u[p by hand, checked the brake fluid level, checked (visually) all the plugs on the master cylinder and abs/traction control pump and they were all connected.
I don't have the proper scan tool for 1994. should I take it into a shop and have them scan the codes ($25-40)?
P.*. I am thinking about disconnecting the battery for a while. Should I wait to do this until after I get the codes pulled?
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I checked the e-brake and that was up all the way (even set and released it a few times and pulled on it with my hand when releasing), pulled the regular brake pedal u[p by hand, checked the brake fluid level, checked (visually) all the plugs on the master cylinder and abs/traction control pump and they were all connected.
I don't have the proper scan tool for 1994. should I take it into a shop and have them scan the codes ($25-40)?
P.*. I am thinking about disconnecting the battery for a while. Should I wait to do this until after I get the codes pulled?
Thanks in advance,
Stylez
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Checked the master cylinder. no leaks. I unplugged the sensor on the master cylinder and cleaned the connectors as best I could. Brake light is still on and the damned chime box is going to get punished if it doesn't shut up. I drove 35 miles with it on. I just about went insane in the brain.
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Btw, where is the chime box? I couldn't center on where the sound was coming from as I want to disconnect it.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Brake light won't go off
Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
Well, today I drove my half-totalled 1994 SLE to work (no other way to get there). On lunch break I had to run to the bank to cash a check. Just as I was pulling into the bank parking lot I heard a chiming (very annoying and constant). I looked at the guages and the brake light was on.
I know that when I refilled my brake fluid, it still took some driving (anywhere from 100 yards to 10 miles, depending on how long I had been ignoring the warning) before the chime would shut up again, probably because it took a while for the proportioning valve to re-center itself, something like that.
Don't mess with the chime, though; no point in losing _all_ the sound effects just because one temporary problem is bugging you. What do you think you have a volume control for, anyway?
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when my master was shot no lights came on....check teh parking brake see if its still functional...and if it is id guess unhook battery for a while and reconnect it and see what happens
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Take the connector out of the sensor for the MC... and see if that shuts the chime off when started... I had the same type of problem and that took care of it.
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Hahaha that thing dings literally every second too. That must be incredibly annoying if you can't turn it off. I know because when the e-brake is used while driving, it will start dinging after like 3 seconds of being on and it doesn't stop until it'* released. Maybe the switch that senses if the brake is on is messed up. Try checking that or disconnecting that.
I feel for you though man...
I feel for you though man...
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Originally Posted by danpuzak
Hahaha that thing dings literally every second too. That must be incredibly annoying if you can't turn it off.
I know because when the e-brake is used while driving, it will start dinging after like 3 seconds of being on and it doesn't stop until it'* released.
Maybe the switch that senses if the brake is on is messed up. Try checking that or disconnecting that.
I feel for you though man...
I feel for you though man...
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