Okay,
The brake light on the dash is still lit- goes off every once in a while as
I drive, but it's annoying. I investigated the switch for the handbrake and
it's working fine. Manually moving the switch off causes the dash brake
indicator to dim slightly or it just stays on. I looked at the brake
reservoir and everything looks okay. The Helms electrical diagram says
there's a third connection to some control unit but I don't know what it's
referring to. My guess is we're all going to be dealing with this problem
shortly. Anyone make any headway on this mystery?
George
'89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 121k miles
"Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno"
One thing did occur to me that I have not tested or tried to verify with anyone and that is to pull one of the brake light bulbs and see if the Parking Brake light comes on. On some cars, this informs you that you have a problem with the brake lights. Some cars have a separate idiot light for this condition.
In any case, there is usually a circuit or control module. I don't know if the CRX has this. I've never actually investigated it either. But like I said, one way to test this is for someone to go out, pull one of their brake light bulbs (or all of them...) and see if the Parking Brake lamp comes on. If it goes out but then comes on when you depress the brake pedal then Honda does employ some sort of circuit. And if this is the case and your problem is random, try checking the bulb or the connections ~ perhaps clean them up including the ground.
Again, just a thought...
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1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy)
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