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Subject:Re: Weird going-ons!
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Wed, 6 Sep 2023 18:20:48 -0600

What Year Van ?

> On 6 Sep , 2023, at 11:55 AM, Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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