WEll I think that I have confirmed that the ASR comes on when the car is put in gear. Apparantly it sometimes 'sticks' in memory and turns on immediately. I disconnected the battery and when I reconnected it, I let the car idle for 3-4 minutes, no ASR, then as soon as I put the car into gear (R) the ASR light came on. I also noticed that revving up the car in park causes teh ASR light to come on. hadn't happened the first rev, but maybe the 3rd or 4th.

Brake light switch? Wouldn't just pressing on the brake to move the gear selector the cause the light to come on?

Marty