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Subject:Weird going-ons!
From:Vincent Dow
Date:Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:55:13 -0400

Hey y’all
So I’ve been getting a brake warning light the last couple weeks , when I
push the brake pedal . At first it wasn’t every instance, but now it is.
I was down in Maine when this first appeared. I checked my reservoir and it
looked okay.
Braking feels normal,
I last did my brakes 2016, but my van doesn’t get 3,000 miles a year. More
like 1,000/year in the last four years.

Now today I started seeing the seat belt warning light come on too (my Belt
was done up)
Do brake warning and seatbelt warning share a relay or some such thing?

My other car, a 1998 Subaru legacy, is laid up in the country waiting for a
new radiator, so I’m having to drive the van for my job. Sucks. Traffic,
lots of hills in Montréal.

I want to inspect my front and rear brakes, once my job is done tonight.
I’m painting/restoring an architectural cornice and I have a boom lift
rented - so I do long days. No time to get close to my van until this is
wrapped.
Thanks, if you have any ideas. When I get some free time I want to clean
the grounds as I hear that can cause a lot of gremlins,

Vinnie

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