I had the rear brakes changed on my Honda accord 2002 v6 coupe at a Honda dealorship. When I picked up the car the "brake lamp" indicator on my dashboard was on. I reported this to the service person who stated that they did nothing with the brake lighting system and only replaced the break pads and resurfaced the rotors. All three break lights in the back work. I was wondering if anyone has ever encountered such a problem and if so how they resolved it? Also, is there anything that the dealership could have done when fixing the rear breaks that could have caused the light to come on.

 

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if it's cold out, your ball bobber dealie might be stick.

 

There's 2 different brake warning lamps in the cluster. The 'brake lamp' one is NOT related to the brake fluid level or the handbrake. It's supposed to detect burned-out brakelight bulbs. But it's so sensitive that sometimes it goes off when there's corrosion in the bulb sockets. Or maybe one bulb is beginning to fail & it's using a different wattage?

 

If they opened the cover on the MC they might have disturbed the float that turns the light on, or if the fluid is low or they might have bled the system and not filed it up.
If the light was on when you received the car they should have known it and reported it.

 

My break light just went on. I thought it might be from ABS but iono lol. Its raining out. When i made a right turn, there were cars coming so i sped and the wheels were spinning in place. Next thing, i looked down at the speedometer, im going 60 in slow motion lol. Took me a second, but then i noticed that the brake lamp indicator was on.

 

My brake lam light stays on sometimes when it is really cold out...it goes away eventually...