Oh...Pal...have no fear. I have a 91 Civic EX with 288K miles on it. I am
a salesman and am on the road a lot. I have 2 teenage daughters who both
learnt on the Civic and they have been driving it the last couple of years.
The car has had it's brake up everytime my older daughter gets in. She
wants to blast the stereo, chew gum, fiddle w/makeup (inspite of my wife's
threats !!), think about using the cell phone to call (against MY THREATS
!!) but NOT ONCE LOOK TO SEE ON THE DASH, IF THE BRAKE LIGHT IS ON when the
brake lever is up.

I must say I have had the rear brakes changed once. The Civic is the BEST
CAR IN THE WORLD...you just can't kill it. The rear brake I must say has
probably been up about 5K of the 288K miles this car has.

I hope this helps. But your 2003 Civic should be a great car for a long
time.

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"Pal" <pal@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> I forgot about it until 4 blocks later and notice the brake light was on.
> I was going around 25-30mph.the car manual said it can damage the rear
> brakes and axles. Are there any damages to be concerned?