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01-06-2003, 04:27 PM

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need some help here

i have a 99 corolla. something is going wierd with it. Every time i floor the accelorator and increase my speed quickly my brake light comes on and them when i start to slow down it dissapears. this never happened before on my car. it started last week. im kinda confused on what is going on?

01-06-2003, 05:25 PM

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might check the wiring....

01-06-2003, 05:28 PM

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You mean a light in the instrument panel or the tailights?

01-06-2003, 07:25 PM

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my parking brake light on the dash is lighting up when i go to fast!

01-07-2003, 08:14 AM

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might check the wiring....

01-07-2003, 08:32 AM

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try holding the ebrake handle down (not up) then try to accelerate. could be a loose contact!

01-07-2003, 08:42 AM

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try holding the ebrake handle down (not up) then try to accelerate. could be a loose contact!

I had to do that to mine. The light came on at random. The thing was so close to the "breaking point" that any movement in the e-brake handle caused to come on or go off. It just needed to be lowered a little and then I never had the problem again.