2nd gen Dash sign on

[Frankie]

hay guys my gf has a 1986 gen 2 auto A20a2 and on the dash there is a sign that appears always it reads "brake lamp" it is located underneather the pic of the car on the dash and it is red. what is it? how do u get rid of it?
also the brake lights on the car are working fine.

[seihoa]

looks like shes runnin low on brake fluid ... top it up n the light will go away .

[Paul1985]

Check the brake fluid level in the Master Cylinder in the engine bay.

I'm not certain but i think some honda's have a low brake fluid light on the dash.

There is a wire that goes into the MC cap and it somehow records the fluid level, displaying a light if it's low.

[Frankie]

okay because we toped up the little cylinder and it is still on and the bigger one is full,, reakon the level went down

[DRaKe]

have you checked the globes themselves, because if you simply look at the tail lights it's hard to tell, pull them out and see if both tail and brake fillaments work.

btw, are you sure it's a 3rd gen? because 86's are 2nd gens

[Frankie]

i will double check what year it is.. i will check tail lights aswell

[JSpec3]

Sounds like your globes are weak and about to die. It's warning you before they do. Check them and probably buy new ones.

[Frankie]

will try it thanks for your help guys

[anjin]

There is a little monitoring circuit in the rear lamp assembly which monitors the lamps and lights up that dash symbol. There is a testing procedure in the full workshop manual, but you will need a multimeter.

My gen 3 had that problem for several years, but the globes were fine. I eventually fixed it by cleaning up the contacts on the globe. For a while. It came back again a couple of weeks ago. HAve to fix it all over again.

[gumus89]

This was happening to me in my old 3rd gen. Id start her up, put my foot on the brake and then the light came on. I replaced one bulb spot about 4 times, it kept on dieing on me. But luckily it hadnt when i sold it:P

[Frankie]

lol why is this stupid brake lamp come up if there is nothing wrong with it

[gumus89]

There is something wrong with it. The thing is finding what is wrong with it.

Whether a globe is about to break or there is something wrong with the wiring that makes it think a globe is broken. If you want the light off then you have to figure it out unfortunately

[Frankie]

yeh i know bloody just wait for a globe to blow lol or just change them all

[Frankie]

ay guys just an updates I fix the problem i changed all the globes and it fix the problem now there isnt that annoying sign on the dash. even though the old globes still worked they hadd like acid on the globe's wierd. original globes from 1986 lol.