Re: Re: Brakes, ABS and brake lights and salt air

From: Steve Mills (srm804@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2003 - 12:07:18 EDT


Check your 10 amp fuse for your brake lights it might be blown.If it
continues to blow replace the brake pedal switch, it has a short.

>From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Re: Brakes, ABS and brake lights and salt air
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:29:40 -0500
>
>""Jeffery B. Denning"" <jldenning@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:012c01c34a67$82398340$5095fea9@aiuppa2...
>
> > My 99 spent 4th of July weekend on the beach in North Carolina, and so
>it
>was misted with often
> > gale-force salt-laden sea breeze for 4 days. It got a major car wash
>before coming home, but now
> > the emergency brake and ABS light stay illuminated after releasing the
>emergency brake. I don't
> > think the brakes are dragging because it rolls fine and otherwise the
>brakes work normally. Any
> > ideas on what's causing this?
>
>I don't know if this is your problem, but check the fluid level in the
>resivoir... it can cause the "brake" light to stay illuminated when you
>release the e-brake if the level is low. If this is the case, you probably
>need to do brakes. They build this feature in so that if you don't top off
>your brake fluid, as the pads wear the level will go down and eventually
>let
>you know when it's time to do your brakes. ;-)
>
> > Also, every time I take my truck to the beach I worry that I'm setting
>it
>up for premature
> > rusting. What do you all think about that? If you planned to keep your
>truck for years would
> > you take into such a corrosive environment?
>
>Oh, corrosive environment huh? Come live in Chicago for the winter.
>There's probably still salt on the roads now from winter because they put
>down so much of it. As Andy already stated, keep it clean and take care of
>the paint and you won't have any problems.
>
>--
>- Josh
>Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>

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