Check engine light on from brake light out?

[rb71]

So I get into my 2014 ram 3500 longhorn. I started it then the dash says brake light is out and then engine light turns on.

It turns out the third brake light bulb was bad. So I replaced it and now the engine light is still on. I have only started it twice since the new bulb. the brake light on the dash went out.

So did 2 things happen at once or doesn't it need to run a little bit for it to go out?

Thanks for you help
Bobby

 

[Newsa]

I invested in code reader for that very reason. Not enough Info in your post to know. Once I had the check engine lightgo out on its own after a "hiccup". The other time I tried disconnecting the battery and letting it sit overnight. Trouble with these new trucks is they don't need electricity to remember.

 

[rb71]

FYI after a few starts the check engine light went out.

 

[Sticks]

And if you live in one of those happy states where a CEL will fail an emissions test - bam. Just wen through that with two trucks at work. CEL. One was a Brake circuit fault, the other was a water in fuel. (neither one a Dodge). Point being that since at least 2004, the CEL was not emissions related items only.