Parking brake light

Blaise · Post by **Blaise** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:51 pm

My parking brake indicator light seems to be flickering on and off from time to time, while I am driving.

I know that the brake is not on and I know that the issue is not in the hand lever switch.

Is there a common culprit for this? Is that little relay under the rear bench seat related to this? I thought I would ask before chasing the full length of the wire looking for a short.

Thanks,

Blaise

alotawatts · Post by **alotawatts** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:46 pm

Double check the MickeyMouse designed wire with contact clip behind the brake lever pivot point.

Blaise · Post by **Blaise** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:09 pm

alotawatts wrote:Double check the MickeyMouse designed wire with contact clip behind the brake lever pivot point.

Nope, that thing looks perfect. I tried to drive around with that wire disconnected and the issue is still present.

bizz · Post by **bizz** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:00 pm

I had a brake fluid leak at the master & when my fluid dropped below about 3/4 in the reservoir, the light would flicker. Topping up the fluid fixed the issue.

Blaise · Post by **Blaise** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:46 pm

bizz wrote:I had a brake fluid leak at the master & when my fluid dropped below about 3/4 in the reservoir, the light would flicker. Topping up the fluid fixed the issue.

I forgot about that. Sure enough, it was a bit low. Hopefully that was it. Thanks a million for answering my silly question.

Edit, after driving it a bit, I think that was the issue. I can't believe that it had not occurred to me. Thank you again

Blaise · Post by **Blaise** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:18 pm

Well, the fluid level continued to get low and the light came on again (as designed). Eventually, I discovered that the flex line attachment to the clutch master was not tight enough. My bad.

bizz · Post by **bizz** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:59 pm

Good to know the cause, those leaks can be tricky to track!

I had what seemed a catastrophic leak at my master - two new grommets & elbows + new rubber lines fixed the issue. Thankfully MUCH cheaper than a new master.