"Bruce." <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in news:JyYPh.1307$Q23.347
@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net:

> <tnprivacy@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1175473858.783646.161430@d57g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
>>I have a 87 accord hatchback.
>>
>> The dash brake warning lamp lights up on the first press of the brake
>> pedal and stays on until the car is shut down.
>
> Does the light say "Brake" or "Brake Lamp"? If the later, it's just a
> burned out brake tail light.
>



Not necessarily a burned-out one. Corrosion in a bulb socket (or at
connectors) can raise electrical resistance to a level sufficient to make
the ECU think a bulb is blown even when it's actually lighting up.



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