(Solved) VSA light after brake job

[whitedog]

Just a little FYI for folks.

I did the rear brakes on an 06 Odyssey. Part of that was sucking out as much of the brake fluid as I could so I could put in some fresh stuff. I started it up and the VSA light was on. I searched the internet over and thought I found true love in the relearn procedure, but that didn't help. Finally, I found some codes. One of them was low brake fluid level. WHAAAA??? It's full.

Hmmm Call a buddy and he suggested tapping the reservoir, thinking that the float stuck.

Sure enough. Tap, tap tap and I could see the float come up. I deleted the codes and all was well.

I like it when I can fix things with a hammer.

[frogbite]

And no duct tape

[CTS-V]

Just out of curiosity, what made you want to suck the brake fluid out?

Just a little FYI for folks.

I did the rear brakes on an 06 Odyssey. Part of that was sucking out as much of the brake fluid as I could so I could put in some fresh stuff. I started it up and the VSA light was on. I searched the internet over and thought I found true love in the relearn procedure, but that didn't help. Finally, I found some codes. One of them was low brake fluid level. WHAAAA??? It's full.

Hmmm Call a buddy and he suggested tapping the reservoir, thinking that the float stuck.

Sure enough. Tap, tap tap and I could see the float come up. I deleted the codes and all was well.

I like it when I can fix things with a hammer.

[whitedog]

Just out of curiosity, what made you want to suck the brake fluid out?

I always suck out as much of the old as I can whenever I do brakes. Remember that brake fluid if hygroscopic, meaning it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere. It's my understanding that it absorbs 1% of it's volume yearly and it is considered unsafely saturated at 3%. So getting out as much as possible each time keeps the moisture content down. In a perfect world, it would get flushed every 3 years.