# Honda CRV Brake Lite on dash stays on goes off

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brake-lite-on-dash-stays-on-goes-off/53823>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cr-v, brakes, honda\
**Created:** [August 19, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brake-lite-on-dash-stays-on-goes-off/53823 "2010-08-19T22:04:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Montante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Bill\_Montante](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Montante)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brake-lite-on-dash-stays-on-goes-off/53823/1 "2010-08-19T22:04:11Z")

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By 2001 CRV has 118,000. Roughly 2 years ago the brake light came on when I stared the car, only in the winter. After a few to 10 or so miles it went off. Repeats each morning. Now it is doing that in the heat of summer. It’s on when I start the car and goes off after 10 miles or so. Brakes are working fine. I replaced the fluid reservoir cap/sensor

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**Author:** ![ignoramus9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@ignoramus9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ignoramus9)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brake-lite-on-dash-stays-on-goes-off/53823/2 "2010-08-19T22:08:09Z")

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Is this the light that indicated the foot brake is on, or the hand brake. Hand brakes have a sw. that can get stuck. I’d check that first.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brake-lite-on-dash-stays-on-goes-off/53823/3 "2010-08-19T23:53:50Z")

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Did you check the brake fluid level and bring it up to the max line?

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**Author:** ![trunkmonkey108](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f6c823/32.png) [@trunkmonkey108](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trunkmonkey108)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brake-lite-on-dash-stays-on-goes-off/53823/4 "2010-08-24T02:39:34Z")

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hey bill, there is a service bulletin on this problem, i don’t have it at hand but my local honda dealer printed a copy of it for me. saved me having to subscribe to the NHTSA site which ought to be free since it’s our gov. agency, no? i don’t remember what the procedure was but it was doable by the average owner.