Ek Civic Handbrake Light!

[Jord]

hey guys
last nite i was driving home from town and my hand brake light came on... no idea why so i checked my handbrake was right down and it was but the light stayed on but went off after a while...

once again tonight i was cruising home and i pulled up in the slip lane gave it a big and ding the light came on again so i pulled over and reved the car agian... when it gets to a certain amount of revs.. the hand brake light comes on... and i have no idea why. its a CXI so i couldnt tell u exactly was RPM...

has this happed to anyone else? if so wat the **** is it.. and how hard to fix?

i have checked my oil and water both perect!

any ideas?

cheers
JOrdan

[Deano_EK]

Have u checked your brake fluid level? Usually the light comes on to indicate that the level of fluid is low.

[Jord]

i wouldnt no where to look for brake fluid :S haha

[55EXX]

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5826&stc=1&d=1183279492

might be a good idea to bleed your brakes and have some new brake fluid in there. brake fluid is hygroscopic (not sure of spelling) which mean is absorbs moisture out of the air making the brake fluid crap pretty much.

[civic_99]

sounds like ur brake fluid is low

[bennjamin]

yes. Brake fluid is low As said above.

[Jord]

do i have to bleed the brakes? or can i just pour some more fluid in? the brakes seem fine and why does it come on when i rev the car? that seems a lil weird..

[destrukshn]

no you don't have to bleed it.
but get dot 3/4 brake fluid.
if unsure, just go get honda brake fluid.
just top it up, and tell us how you go.

[bennjamin]

you dont need to bleed the brakes ~ just check the reservoir to begin with and top up if necessary. Its a good idea to bleed the brakes tho for safety's sake.
Rev the car ? Perhaps as the fluid sloshes to the back it sensors the level being too low ?

[Jord]

cool ill go grab it tomoro :) is it hard to do CV boots cos mine need doin to...

[bennjamin]

pay someone to do it. You have to either remove the entire driveshaft off the gearbox and take off each of the boots to access teh CV boot , or cut the old one off and get one of those clamp-style boot kits.

[Jord]

haha done il get it done this thrsday :) thanks for your help

[Jord]

topped up the brake fluid this morning :) all is good so far... no light has come on. thanks for your help!

[Jord]

PROBLEM SOLVED GUYS!! Thanks for the help