Warning light failures: Those seem to consume a great deal of time and energy. Many vehicle warning light indications are from system failure of the warning system itself, not what it is supposed to be warning about. How many times do we hear questions about or problems with warning lights? A lot. With newer vehicles you often need to pay a 'dealer fee' to plug into their diagnostic terminal to find out you have nothing wrong. In older vehicles, a significant % of the warning light indications we get have no basis in actual reality other than a malfunction of that warning light system or it's various sensors or circuits. Some vehicles are so "touchy" that the vehicle won't even operate until you 'disarm' the warning..the CEL.. Dunno whether this is good technology or not. I guess if you always drive a newish vehicle that is under warrantee, you just believe and frequent your dealership as indicated.. Hopefully, Dave felt the brake pedal go to the floor and didn't need that warning light to tell him he had no brakes....or that his brake warning light was broken.. Don Hanson On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Dave Arthur <dave.arthur@nscc.ca> wrote: > > Last night I blew a steel line on my rear brakes. Išm replacing the steel > line > > today. My issue was that when the brake line failed and the rear brakes > > started loosing fluid, my brake failure warning light didnšt activate. > The > > light does com one when using the parking brake. > > > > Is this normal (I think not)? Is there a procedure for resetting the > warning > > light if one of the circuits has failed? > > > > Best Regards > > > > Dave > > > > 86 Westy > |
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