Couple of quick, stupid questions!

[SCOTTLT79]

Now I know that there aren't any stupid questions, just stupid people, but I'm one of those stupid people.

1. Almost every time I brake, my brake light on my dash comes on. You know, the on that comes on when you pull up the E-Brake. Does anyone know why it would be doing that?

2. Are there actual light bulbs behind the dash that light up the guages or are they illuminated some other way, like individually per guage. My guages are very dim on the left side and I hope that it is easy to get back there and that it is just a bulb to be replaced.

3. When I accelerate quickly, always from a stop, my "check engine" light will come on but only stay on for at most, one minute. Why would it be doing that? I noticed it after i installed my off-road h-pipe and when it started getting cold here. It has been an extremely cold winter so I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

I appreciate and help on any or all of the questions above. Every little bit helps.

Thanks,
Scott