I am not an expert, but I don't know if I'd expect your brakes to fail with no warning. And if it's specifically a brake pad light, it probably just means your pads need to be replaced?
I am really not an expert.
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Dana - Jul 10, 2009 12:16:05 pm PDT #28486 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Lee - Jul 10, 2009 12:18:54 pm PDT #28487 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It is just a brake pad light, and I've been told that they come on well before the pads really truly need to be replaced.
Just get nervous at the idea, I guess.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2009 12:34:46 pm PDT #28488 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It is just a brake pad light, and I've been told that they come on well before the pads really truly need to be replaced.
No, that's not what it means. Check your brake fluid level. Either it's low, or one of your two hydraulic brake systems is failing. (There are two for safety/redundancy.)
Unless you have some expensive luxury car, the brake light won't come on to tell you if your pads are worn.
Sparky1 - Jul 10, 2009 12:37:49 pm PDT #28489 of 30000
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Check your brake fluid level. Either it's low, or one of your two hydraulic brake systems is failing. (There are two for safety/redundancy.)
To me this reads, "bring the car in on Thursday." Signed, I could learn how to fix/check things on my car, but I have no interest, and it would just become another chore.
Kathy A - Jul 10, 2009 12:41:38 pm PDT #28490 of 30000
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Trudy Booth - Jul 10, 2009 12:45:44 pm PDT #28491 of 30000
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Unless you have some expensive luxury car, the brake light won't come on to tell you if your pads are worn.
I think she's rockin' a Beemer.
Sheryl - Jul 10, 2009 1:02:26 pm PDT #28492 of 30000
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Lee - Jul 10, 2009 1:19:08 pm PDT #28493 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Unless you have some expensive luxury car, the brake light won't come on to tell you if your pads are worn.
Yeah, what Trudy said about the Beemer. I had never seen that warning light before, so I looked it up in the owners manual--it's a brake pad light.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2009 1:24:23 pm PDT #28494 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ooh - fancy!
I'm just used to the old days, when a brake light possibly meant something serious....
Lee - Jul 10, 2009 1:30:43 pm PDT #28495 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yeah, I think that's the part I can't get past.
I like having working brakes.