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Old 11-28-06, 06:54 PM
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"Stop" light?

Every time i hit the brakes, it comes on- what does it mean?
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you have a brake light bulb out.
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its actually a warning that is telling you that you are going to fast and if you dont slow down you will cause a black hole to open and all of man kind will be sucked into another world full of piston loving 4cyl ricers.........










yes it is actually telling you that you have a brake light out
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Originally Posted by rx7 FC TII
its actually a warning that is telling you that you are going to fast and if you dont slow down you will cause a black hole to open and all of man kind will be sucked into another world full of piston loving 4cyl ricers.........










yes it is actually telling you that you have a brake light out
you beat me to it. I was gonna say something smartass but oh well, yours worked. yeah, its a light out. i noticed mine came on today after i reinstalled my injectors and i couldnt figure out why. i forgot while my car was down i was doing some body work on the rear and removed the 3rd brake light housing...
Old 11-28-06, 07:15 PM
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does this light actually say stop? or is it just the brake light on the warning cluster?
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Im sure its the STOP light on the idiot light cluster
Old 11-28-06, 08:13 PM
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ya if you want to see what it looks like go remove one of the bulbs from your tail lights, turn your car on and push the brake......... then wahla it says STOP
Old 11-28-06, 08:21 PM
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Damn! I got a light to tell when to shift on my 'vert and one that tells me to brake.... now I have a light to tell me when to stop too! All I need is a light to tell me when to go!

Yeah I would guess you have a bulb out somewhere.
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.....i wish my shift light still worked.....i never listened to it but it was still kinda cool to have
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I think it only works in my Vert if I'm driving/shfiting normal. Getting on the gas seems to keep it from doing its normal thingy. I think they're suppose to work like that. I rarely drive mine normal so... I never paid much attention to it anyway.
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I gues my car only likes me to shift when Im at 25-50% throttle, otherwise I never see the shift up light. Though i do still have the buzzer near redline
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Originally Posted by rx7 FC TII
.....i wish my shift light still worked.....i never listened to it but it was still kinda cool to have
bulb failure is very common for this light. i recently pulled my cluster and updated the 158(which are 2 candle power) to the 194(which are also 2 candle power)bulbs and the cluster is back to its original form.
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Mine always lights up when I hit my brakes. No bulbs out.

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same for me, my lights are all working and the stop light still comes on everytime i brake. however i do have a rear light from a different model rx molded to match after a small accident. maybe thats why? who knows.
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Originally Posted by rx7 FC TII
.....i wish my shift light still worked.....i never listened to it but it was still kinda cool to have
Ugh, I think it's annoying at hell.
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Originally Posted by My5ABaby
Ugh, I think it's annoying at hell.
Would this be the "SHIFT UP" Yellow light behind the steering wheel?

If so, I know mine works but I never pay any attention to it. When does it light up anyway? At redline? Right before?

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Originally Posted by iSP33D-for-J3SUS
Would this be the "SHIFT UP" Yellow light behind the steering wheel?

If so, I know mine works but I never pay any attention to it. When does it light up anyway? At redline? Right before?

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I'm assuming that's what he's talking about.

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Originally Posted by Icemark
the shift up light comes on when you are less than 1/4 throttle and exceeding 2600 or more than half throttle and exceeding 4000 RPM.

It will not come on to tell you to shift at or near redline. It is a tool for getting the best fuel economy.

if the light is never coming on, either the bulb is bad, the connections to the back of the cluster are bad or the neutral safety wire is grounded or the 5th gear (over the top) switch is grounded.
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Originally Posted by j41m3b
same for me, my lights are all working and the stop light still comes on everytime i brake. however i do have a rear light from a different model rx molded to match after a small accident. maybe thats why? who knows.
Had the same problem on my 300ZX-brake tail light warning comes on with no tails out. There was a sensor box in the hatch that controlled this that was bad.

Not sure if the RX has the same type of setup.
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