The brake warning light came on in the Mitsubishi Endeavor a couple of months ago. The car only has 25,000 miles on it, the brakes can't be worn out yet, and they are working fine. Probably some kind of electronic glitch. I used the parking brake a couple of times, maybe the switch for that had come loose. Finally took it in to Heaton's today for its' Spring oil change, and they checked it out. It was low on brake fluid, but the pads still had 50% of their thickness remaining. I talked to a mechanic about this, and generally when the brake fluid is low, it means the pads are pretty well worn and it's time for new ones. (As the brake pads wear, the pistons move out to compensate, and the brake fluid migrates from the reservoir to the caliper.) But not this time. The reservoir is a pretty good size too. It looks like it holds about a cup of brake fluid. It's full up now and should be good for a couple more years anyway.
The rear hatch support struts are slowly loosing their oomph. Doesn't bother my wife, she is just short enough to walk under the hatch when it is open. Me, I run right into the it. Just another couple of inches and all would be well, but no, the stupid things have to leak. So now I have to buy new ones.
They might be covered under warranty, but the dealer in Beaverton where we bought the car has gone out of business, and the next nearest Mitsubishi dealer is in Milwaukee, umpteen miles away, over the river and through the woods. Not hardly worth the trouble.
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