my light is on faintly when the truck is off it comes on a few seconds after
the truck is turned of i figered this out one time at the races while
sitting in my truck. my wipers just go crazy no intermittent when stereo
is raised up to high
arnold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Davidson, Kevin" <ked@iti-oh.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: RE: DML: Re: parking brake light question
> My brake indicator light does that also. It glows *very* faintly anytime
> the truck is on, and has done so ever since it was new. But I'm not so
sure
> it's the actual brake indicator bulb and not something else though,
because
> the glow doesn't look like it is centered directly behind where the brake
> indicator is located - its like only half of the brake indicator is
glowing.
> I never thought anything of it, but the possibility of a bad ground does
> make sense. If it is infact the parking indicator bulb glowing, it should
> either be ON or OFF...
>
> As for the intermittent wipers, I've also wondered about mine. However, I
> think it's just that they function differently than those on other
vehicles
> I've driven. On the dakota, when I change the delay setting even just one
> notch, the wiper cycle resets itself and the wipers dont move again until
a
> full delay has elapsed. Even if the cycle is almost over and the wipers
are
> just about to move, if I change the delay setting, the wipers seem to
pause
> while a full new delay cycle elapses. This is very annoying. Is this the
> problem you're having with the wipers? On all other vehicles that I've
> driven, the wipers don't pause like this, they just keep going at an
> increased or decreased frequency instead of starting a new pause cycle.
>
> (But I've pretty much eliminated this problem... buy a bottle of RAIN-X
and
> apply it... you won't need to use the wipers again while moving!)
>
> kevin d.
> 97 cc V6 5sp 180tstat 3923's 8.5mm superconductors homebrew k&n
>
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arnoldo Silva" <silva@rio.bravo.net>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:29 PM
> Subject: DML: parking brake light question
>
>
> > i have a 2000 dak quad cab 4.7 liter my question is that when my
truck
> is
> > off the emergency brake light stays lightly lit just barely enough to
see
> it
> > but you can see that it is on does anyone elses truck do that i am kinda
> > concerned. another thing is anyone haveing problems with there
delay
> > wipers mine dont seem to work right if i have the stereo on to loud the
> > switch has already been changed once at the factory. weird huh.
anyway
> i
> > dont want to take it back because (the sons of a #@!$%^# ) scratched my
> > truck really pissed me off. couldnt do anything though because my buddy
> owns
> > the dealership and i didnt want to get anyone fired.
> >
> > thanks
> > arnold
> >
>
>
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