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rear light failure warning light

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daniel49

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Its raining right now so don't wanna go out and pull it apart yet, but the warning light came on earlier then went off.
I am not familiar with this feature is it general? Does it refer to brake lights, backup lights or could be all of the above?
If you know, how does it sense it and is it accurate?

thks Dan
 
It's referring to the brake lights.

It senses.. I don't know exactly how, but it senses whether a load is present or not. Yes, it is accurate... However.....

We just went through an issue with the sensor on my Dad's '87 Camry.

The brake lights suddenly stoped working, and the light failure warning light was on. Couldn't really figured it out.. replaced the brake pedal switch, didn't fix anything..

So I started messing with the bundle of wires going into the sensor, and they came back on. Worked for a few more weeks, then went off again. This time fiddling with the wires didn't do anything. I thought maybe a wire was frayed inside the insulation or something equally troublesome.

I unhooked the wires, took the sensor out, took the PCB out of the casing and immediately noticed a cold solder joint. Warmed up the iron, bam.. fixed.

The dealership wanted over 100$ for the part. :roll:

Seems strange that it would go on and then go off, if no lights are burned out. I'd also consult your manual for exactly what it means, they may do things differently now.
 
A friend of mine's car has that light on all the time even though all the lights work. Apparently a relay went out and so that's why.
 
ok cool will see if it comes back on and do a visual inspection of brake lights tonight..thks much.

oh by the way it only came with a pocket owners manual..and referred to the main manual for info and I don't have that and its not available online at toyota as far as I can find.
 
Sounds like brake light bulb needs replaced.
I work for Toyota and that's what the warning light means.
You can try TIS.com Toyota Info Systems and see just about allyou want on the Solara.
BTW love my 05 Solara sport v6 se
 
Originally posted by: TRDGT
Sounds like brake light bulb needs replaced.
I work for Toyota and that's what the warning light means.
You can try TIS.com Toyota Info Systems and see just about allyou want on the Solara.
BTW love my 05 Solara sport v6 se
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Uhmm that link is to (T)rusted (I)nformation (S)ystems , doesn't seem to have anything to do with totota😕

So far it hasn't come back on had my daughter stand behind the car and everything was working tonight so far...maybe its on the way out??
 
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