Brake light coming on, wtf?

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Mazdaspeed Protege 2003.5

• Jan 26, 2006

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For the past week or so I catch out of the corner of my eye that my brake light is on (in the gauge cluster, not the rear brake light) and it will come and go as it pleases. My brakes are pretty worn (44k highway miles) but I still stop fine. Does the light come on when I need to get new brake pads or is this something more serious? Thanks for any help, not looking forward to taking it to a dealer just to get the light checked out.

Mike

 

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azeli73

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2002 Protege 5 Turbo

• Jan 26, 2006

• #2

check your pads just to be sure you still have some life in them. But you can probably just top off your brake fluid and be fine.

 

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36Crazyfists

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02 lx

• Jan 26, 2006

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use the search button mang

but you can solve the problem by topping off your brake fluid

 

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Chilledboost

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2009 Escape XLT, 2010 CX7 sport

• Jan 27, 2006

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if the level is fine. pull out your hand brake trim cover and make sure there is nothing abnormal around the e-brake switch. i found some quarters down there that kept setting mine off

 

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2k3 PrO RiDa

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03' silver dx

• Jan 27, 2006

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Hmm...mine just recently started doing the same but the braking still works fine. I thought there was something on the brakes that made a screeching noise to let you know when the pads were low though.

 

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'03.5 Blazin' MSP (sold) ................. '14 Soul 6 GT

• Jan 27, 2006

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My light just started going off at random when the foot brake is applied. I pulled off my wheels and it appears that I have very little pad remaining. The left, rear had the least amount of wear and the fronts are gone. 31K miles with daily stop and go rush hour. The rotors look great. I will get a quote from Mazda of Bedford (Clev, OH) tomorrow. Excellent dealership. What is a reasonable price for just pad replacement with OEM pads?

 

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smo0f

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370z (Totalled)

• Jan 27, 2006

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holy crap, a new issue that has never been addressed before. someone make this a sticky please!

 

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boostisgood

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1988 FC3S TII

• Jan 27, 2006

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Well, you more then likely need new pads. When the level gets low in the resivuoir (SP) it will flicker the light when it sloshes around. Dont JUST TOP OFF the fluid, fix the issue so you dont run outta pad and not stop.

 

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Black_Protege_5

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Mazda Protege 5

• Jan 27, 2006

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I had the same problem. Just fill the resivoir and it will go away. The ebrake light is also the check light for low brake fluid.

 

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ms|slowtege #399

• Jan 27, 2006

• #10

Why does this keep getting brought up lately?