stupid brake lights stay on

[BLU CIVIC]

tired of this car...

my stop light is busted...the little thing that goes in and out as you hit the brakes is stuck in the in position and my brake lights won't go off athe part costs $28.48, gonna try and take it out myself...any one else have this problem before?

so in the mean time i had to go out and take out all the breake light bulbs

[CivicSpoon]

don't know if this is the same problem you're having or not, but I remembered seeing this yesterday, maybe it will help: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=460782

[vladlos]

that's not the case with me... but today for some reason when i would go around a turn super sharp or something or if i would brake really rapidly really hard, my e-brake light would come on and stay on for about like 15 seconds and then it would disappear as i would keep on driving.

[honda_luvr_2000]

Originally Posted by vladlos

that's not the case with me... but today for some reason when i would go around a turn super sharp or something or if i would brake really rapidly really hard, my e-brake light would come on and stay on for about like 15 seconds and then it would disappear as i would keep on driving.

brake fluid is low. meaning u'r brake pads r low. so don't just fill the fluid, put on new pads.

[BLU CIVIC]

Originally Posted by CivicSpoon

don't know if this is the same problem you're having or not, but I remembered seeing this yesterday, maybe it will help: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=460782

i'll have to go check now that it's light outside...but the little button was pushed all the way in and i gotta see how to take it out

[89si]

Originally Posted by honda_luvr_2000

brake fluid is low. meaning u'r brake pads r low. so don't just fill the fluid, put on new pads.

sweet i get that too when i really accelerate hard, never thought to ask. i've realized my brakes are starting to squeek now and then. so fluid and pads will take care of that?

[honda_luvr_2000]

Originally Posted by 89si

sweet i get that too when i really accelerate hard, never thought to ask. i've realized my brakes are starting to squeek now and then. so fluid and pads will take care of that?

actually just pads(shoes) will take care of that. as the pads(shoes) wear low, the brake caliper piston(wheel cylinder pistons) moves out further to account for the thinner pads(shoes). well the fluid fills the void left in the brake caliper cylinder(wheel cylinder) to account for this. when u put new pads(shoes) on u will have to push the pistons back in to clear the pads(shoes) around the rotors(drums). this will in turn push the fluid back into ur master cylinder. thus raising the fluid level back to full (unless u have had a brake fluid leak) and turning off the low brake fluid level warning light switch.
now u r supposed to replace u'r brake fluid every 30k, but hardly any one does.

[Hybrid1990crx]

blu, you are driving around without any brakelights at all? wow that is scary.

goes to show even people with high post counts are still n00bs.

[89si]

im thinking.. or i guess hoping that he's just taking them out when he parks or something just so he doesnt run out his battery when the car is off..

and thanks to honda_luvr, makes sense now.

any suggestions for good pads? i hear ceramic ones dont produce much visible brake dust.. but i have no idea about their quality.

also, do you know if "Hawk" rotors are any good? i've seen them on ebay and now a shop close by me has them in stock (slotted ones). worth it or no?