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Jul 12, 2016 | 03:17 AM

Leon Scheall

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New Corvette owner

Hello everyone this is my first Corvette that I have bought, I have driven several before in my life and I have even been allowed to race one of my friends before. I have a 2008 C6, ZHZ 436hp, the engine and over all car are in extremely good condition for a car that's 8 years old and almost has 63k miles on it. The one issue that I have other than the emissions recall that is being taken care by my local dealership is with the parking brake. I knew it had a problem with the light intermittently coming on and off. When I took possession of the car on my way home I realized that when the light came on if I pulled slightly on the handle upwards it would turn the light off. This told me that it's probably a short somewhere, when I got home I lifted off the parking brake covering and found a little blue wire going into what I can only describe as being a device that tells the computer the brake is either disengaged or engaged. When I pull the wire to the side wall and hold it there the light stays completely off until I actually pull on the brake and set it. My question is whether it's the wire and connector or is it possibly that engage disengage part that the blue wire connects into. If so what are these parts actually called, I'm no mechanic by any means but I am able to work on my own car if I know what the names of the parts are and exactly what they do, the rest I can usually figure out or ask some of my family. However since no one I know owns or has ever owned or worked on a Corvette I have no one to ask for the correct information and help. Any and all relevant help would be appreciated, yes I am very aware that this car was used as a rental car and to me that was part of the appeal of owning this particular car.

Jul 12, 2016 | 08:12 AM

jehuds10

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Welcome to the forum!

Jul 12, 2016 | 08:30 AM

gilhuly

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From: Lincoln NE

welcome to the forum!

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