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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 01:51 AM
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Today I replaced the slave cylinders on each rear wheel, replaced pads, drums and bled the rear breaks. I think while the slave cylinders were off, the section for the rear brakes in the master cylinder went low. After filling it, completely bleeding the rear brakes, the brake light is on. Is there a reset necessary to get the light off?

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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 02:09 AM
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unhook the battery for like a min or too. this is suppose to reset the computer or whatever which will make all the sensorrs do a run thru or whatnot and if the light still stays on try dis connectiong th cps and reconnecting it. i know for sure that resets the computer.. if lights still on let me know
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 02:09 AM
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and could it be that your parking brake is up a little bit?
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Tried the above suggestions and with no success. Also the ebrake is not on. Any other possibilities?

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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 07:52 AM
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same thing happened to me.
under the dash there is a switch that rests against the brake pedal arm when at rest.
somehow, the plunger on my switch got stuck far enough in that it no longer made contact with the brake pedal arm.
with a screwdriver for a "pry" I extended the plunger back out to a position that would contact the brake pedal arm, and all is golden.

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