Handbrake Light???

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Rangi246

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Stupid Question Time:

Should the brake warning light come on when the handbrake is on? And go out when the handbrake is off?

The light has never worked with the handbrake on or off in our car.

Cheers
Mark
 
Hi Mark,

Yes and yes.

The handbrake switch is located on the rear of the handbrake lever assembly, beneath the tunnel finisher.

Do your brake pads have wear indicators fitted, and are they plugged in? Someone else will know for sure, but from memory, if there are no wires or they are not plugged in, then the light won't function when the handbrake is operated.

Ron.
 
Hi Ron

Thanks for that. It does have the wires on the pads but they have plenty of meat on them all.

The light is flickering a bit so im going to start with the cork float first and then attack the handbrake.

Whats the best way to get at the float?

Mark
 
My light was flickering, generally at motorway speeds, and the entire float assembly was knackered and eaten away - most of it was in fragments at the bottom of the reservoir. A good secondhand fluid reservoir cap sorted that out.

New pads on the rear brakes with wires ensures the light also now comes on with the handbrake which it never did before.
 
For the float, a plastic wine cork is a great substitute and won't sink eventually.

The brakepad warning circuit is parallel to the handbrake circuit, so the light should alway work with the handbrake regardless whether the pad sensors are hooked up.

Yours
Vern
 
Vern Klukas said:
The brakepad warning circuit is parallel to the handbrake circuit, so the light should alway work with the handbrake regardless whether the pad sensors are hooked up.
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That's incorrect, the handbrake switch is the check for the pad warning light system, if the pad warning light circuit is faulty the light won't work with the handbrake on.
 
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