>On 1 Nov 2003 10:59:56 -0800, varadacm@hotmail.com (Murali) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have the following problems:
>
>1. None of the 3 stop lights at the back comes on when I step on the
>brakes.
>2. The shift gear is locked in Park and cannot come out. I have to
>insert the ignition key into "Shift Key Release" everytime to shift
>out of Park.
>3. When step on the brake pedal, there is no click sound that unlocks
>the gear shifter.
>4. Now and then (not always), the D4 light on the dash blinks. If I
>drive the car with D4 light blinking, the car drives incredibly slow.
>
>All fuses are fine.
>
>After reading news groups, I thought the first 3 symptoms might be due
>to a bad brake pedal switch. I cannot seem to locate the switch to
>see if it works fine.
>
>I am not sure about problem 4.
>
>I would greatly appreciate any leads on how I can check the brake
>pedal switch and address problem 4.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Murali Varadachari


I just had a bad brake light switch replaced in my Honda this week at
the dealer under warrantee and definitely the first three symptoms are
what I had. Would you believe it happened right after I parked in
front of the service dept to have some other warrantee work done and
the rep came back to me to ask if I knew about why the car wouldn't
shift and I said no. He said this is the right time/place to have it
happen. Anyway, I think the switch is located up at the top of the
brake pedal stem on the front side (I'm not 100% sure of this as I
recall seeing it on a small sketch).

As to the fourth symptom, I think I recall reading either in this
newsgroup or a reference web site from this newsgroup that that might
have to do with the transmission.