Hi All, i have a 1990 legacy in good condition but of late the "stop lamp" has been illuminating on pressing the brakes this comes on intermittently, the brake fluid level is adequate anyone with a suggestion?
You say 'adequate' level. If it is near the low mark, the float/whatever in the reservoir maybe be reacting to cool mornings or vehicle motion. Also, if the reservoir has not been 'topped off', low fluid level will mean brake pads are getting thin (or a leak has formed). Of course, rarely, it could be a problem of some type.
thanks carl i'll try that out, out of curiosity what does the light "stop lamp" indicate when it comes ON cant seem to find it in the Haynes repair manual
its not the "caution" handbrake light its an actual indication STOP LAMP just abit next to the handbrake light it normally comes on (atv times that is ) when you press on the brakes and the brakes function okay
Perhaps you have a burned out or intermittent brake light?(tail light) (sometimes, in dual element bulbs, one element can sag and make contact with the other.)
Have you done the obvious and have someone stand on the brake while you checked that ALL filaments in the stop lamps were working ??
I created that problem for myself when I wired up the lights for a trailer on a 90 GT Wagon. Tapped into the tail light wiring just before the bulbs. Whenever I was towing the trailer and used the footbrake the "stoplamp" would light on the dash.
I suspect that the electronics detected that the stoplights were drawing more current and flashed the warning.
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