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brake failure and shift light 200 1988

posted by  BigTroll on  Wed Aug 12 10:12 CST 2015
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Hello, about a month and a half ago the battery went dead in my volvo so I parked it till I could afford a new one. I just got a new battery put it in this weekend and now my brake failure light is lit up and my shift light.

I do want to mention that my shift light wasn't working before the battery change and never let up. if I have the key on I can press in the clutch and it goes away but let the clutch out and it comes on. also it always stays on regardless of the clutch or gear position.

I did check the brake fluid it still looks clean and too the top of the resivour, and brakes feel normal. I checked the back of the dash unpluged the wire to the shift light plugged back in and cleaned the number 16 and number 9 fuse.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Devon








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    posted by  Art Benstein on  Thu Aug 13 06:21 CST 2015
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    Devon, if you were to remove the switch contact from your brake junction box and clean out the rusty fluid leakage, I predict your brake failure light would be gone. This, unfortunately, is easy to say but not so easy to do. Search the board with the term "octopus" and you will find lengthy dissertation and photos.

    Regarding the shift indicator, I don't have any M47 experience directly, but in the owner's manual there is a section devoted to programming this, which loses its memory when the battery is disconnected. Just a matter of re-teaching it.
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    brake failure and shift light 200 1988

    posted by  machine man on  Wed Aug 12 22:29 CST 2015
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    My '86 wagon has or did have one of those! It might be built in to the ECU for all I know?

    I pulled the light bulb out ... No more annoying arrow!

    If you followed that thing to tell you when to shift up, you would be lugging the engine.
    It always came on too early for me.

    I think it was an option then as it was sold as a "MPG" model. The PO showed me the window sticker, more or less, to prove I was getting a deal.

    I think the rear end is geared a little higher but I'm not 100% sure.

    You could be like on Car Talk and black tape over it! (:-)

    Phil







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