Re: Brake pad wear light comes on

["C.Erik McDonald" <erikmc@online.no>]

>> The warning light that tells me the brake pads are worn keeps coming on,
>> usually during moderately aggressive braking.
>
>I forgot to mention one more possible cause for the brake light to come
>on
>- a dying bomb. BTW, this light is the SAME as for the parking brake.
>
>Start the car, let it idle for a minute. Shut the car off.
>Repeatedly depress brake pedal until the assist is gone and the pedal
>becoms
>hard as a rock.
>Less than 30 pumps? The bomb is kaput.


Less than thirty (30!) pumps ? Is this correct ??

Can somebody point me to a web-page with information on the Bomb ?



Worried,
Erik