I have a 99' lude and for some reason latley the brake light has been lighting up randomly. I tried fiddiling with the e-brake but it did not shut off. tonight i was driving on the freeway and i tapped the brake and the light came on the eventually just went off.
Has anyone else ever experenced this or have any idea why it is doing this.

 

Take a look at the MAster Cylinder and make sure you have it filled. Another possibility is that the E-brake switch is malfunctioning.

 

yah this happens alot on my prelude too, my brothers accord as well, did you get urs checked out?

 

your brake fluid level is low. refill the master cylinder reservoir. mine did this a while back and it wasnt the e-brake switch. you'll be able to tell if you look carefully at the light and lift the e-brake handle up and down... it will get slightly brighter as you pull up on the handle, shwoing the e-brake switch is good, but the brake fluid reservoir switch has been activated.

 

thanks for the help I just went out and checked the fluid level. It is not really low but it is below max by about 1 1/2 inch so i need to go get some fluid and add it
I will let you guys know if that fixes the problem

thanks