brake lamp light

[flatblackcb7]

so in the mist of trying to figure out why my cruise control wont work i read on here that if your brake lamp light is on it will not work and ofcoarse mine is on but all my break lights work anyway i can remedy this ?

[nicholasjacker]

this isn't really answering your question, but last week my brake lamp light kept going on and off but none of the lights were out. I replaced them all anyway because they were so corroded and dirty and my brake lamp light problem went away. 10 bucks at pepboys for the lights was worth it i guess..
That seems really weird though that your cruise control doesn't work because of the brake light lamp!!!!

[DirtyBird33]

When the brake light switch is activated , that disconnects the cruise control. So I would assume the brake light switch is bad and stays closed all the time.

[Armanikane]

I found this response on hondacarforum.com, but it seems to apply to you... I've also done some research on this topic as well, because my CC isn't working either...

"The brake light switch at the brake pedal is used to turn off the cruise
control when you step on the brakes. If this switch were to become
flaky, you could get problems where the cruise disengages at will. The
switch has two sets of contacts, one normally open, the other normally
closed. Only one of the contact sets are used for the brake lights, but
the cruise control uses both sets. Thus it is possible for this switch
to be bad and still have working brake lights. On some Honda's there is
a small rubber / plastic pad on the part of the brake pedal arm that
touches the switch. People have reported problems with this cap falling
off or disintegrating over the years. Finally, it could be that the
switch is not properly aligned. To adjust, loosen the lock nut on the
switch, screw the switch in or out until the threaded neck of the switch
barely touches the pad, back off 1/4 turn and tighten the lock nut.

If the car has a manual transmission, there is a switch at the clutch
pedal as well. To align this switch, loosen the lock nut, screw the
switch in or out until the tip of the switch touches the pedal, screw
the switch in an additional 1/4 - 1/2 turn and tighten the lock nut."

[fmenterprize]

When the brake light switch is activated , that disconnects the cruise control. So I would assume the brake light switch is bad and stays closed all the time.

Makes sense

[sum123]

Brake lamp indicator lit on dash while all the bulbs burn okay is likely still a bulb. Sometimes you can take the bulbs out one by one and find one with a dark cloud on one part of the globe. Looks like sunglass tinting. That is likely the bulb throwing the fault. It has died but refuses to go to the light. The #2057 bulbs in back has done that to me a couple of times over the years.

[flatblackcb7]

one other question is if my front parking /turn signal light is out will that cause the brake lamp light to be on ?

[sum123]

I don't think so. That brake lamp indicator on the dash is for the bulbs in back to show you a bulb that is burned out or out of spec like the one I mentioned earlier. I recently replaced one of the little front marker lights and did not get a dash light when it was bad. I almost forgot- a bad turn signal bulb should show on the dash as a rapidly flashing turn indicator or perhaps a solid one, if I recall correctly.

[flatblackcb7]

ok thank you for all the info will be sure to just replace all the 2057, i also noticed when i checked the bulbs there was alot of corosion un the sockets.

[sum123]

Have a close look at the deck brake lamp bulb and socket, too. I have cleaned corrosion off of that one before. Remove that bulb and clean the base of it up.