brake light

On Oct 8, 7:39 am, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@>
wrote:
> My 97 Camry LE has the BRAKE light coming on and off.  My wife says it
> finally goes out when the car warms up.  I drove it around yesterday
> evening quite a bit but it never came on.  This morning I took it to
> work which is about 4 miles away and confirmed that it is indeed coming
> on but it never stayed off.  I checked the fluid level and it seems
> fine.  The brakes don't feel any different than normal.  Any ideas?

I had to fiil mine to overflow to get it to shut off, also a bad bulb
or coroded electric contact with moisture at a light. But if brakes
dont seem 100% it could be the master cilinder. Id check all brake
lights when it goes on, and fill it up, then worry.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> wrote in message
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> My 97 Camry LE has the BRAKE light coming on and off. My wife says it
> finally goes out when the car warms up. I drove it around yesterday
> evening quite a bit but it never came on. This morning I took it to
> work which is about 4 miles away and confirmed that it is indeed coming
> on but it never stayed off. I checked the fluid level and it seems
> fine. The brakes don't feel any different than normal. Any ideas?

Don't worry about it. Just drive the car and see what happens eventually.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>>"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@> wrote in message
>>news:gci9mm$q0f$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>My 97 Camry LE has the BRAKE light coming on and off. My wife says
>>>it finally goes out when the car warms up. I drove it around
>>>yesterday evening quite a bit but it never came on. This morning I
>>>took it to work which is about 4 miles away and confirmed that it
>>>is indeed coming on but it never stayed off. I checked the fluid
>>>level and it seems fine. The brakes don't feel any different than
>>>normal. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>>Don't worry about it. Just drive the car and see what happens
>>eventually.
>
> Coming from you I don't know how to take that bit of advice.

Think worst case scenario.

Joe knows even less about cars than BHO knows about being president...

On Oct 8, 10:00 am, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@>
wrote:
>
> Coming from you I don't know how to take that bit of advice.

badgolferman wrote:
> My 97 Camry LE has the BRAKE light coming on and off. My wife says it
> finally goes out when the car warms up. I checked the fluid level and it seems
> fine. The brakes don't feel any different than normal. Any ideas?
====
There's an electrical connector at the master cylinder.
Just a guess, but if it were me, I'd be removing the connector,
cleaning with electrical contact spray, reattaching, and checking for
any change.
That and the parking brake should be the only sources to activate
apart from the low brake fluid level.
If the parking brake switch, and electrical contacts are good I'd be
looking for the sending unit inside the master cylinder.

You need to check the operation of the fluid level switch. It may have
gone bad. You should also check the parking brake switch. I think
these two turn on the same bulb. A repair manual from local parts
store can tell you exact how.

On Oct 8, 5:39 am, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@>
wrote:
> My 97 Camry LE has the BRAKE light coming on and off.  My wife says it
> finally goes out when the car warms up.  I drove it around yesterday
> evening quite a bit but it never came on.  This morning I took it to
> work which is about 4 miles away and confirmed that it is indeed coming
> on but it never stayed off.  I checked the fluid level and it seems
> fine.  The brakes don't feel any different than normal.  Any ideas?