Parking brake light on

[Crazy_pilot]

My parking brake light came on this morning on the way to school...(it may have been on since I left without me noticing). I don't use the parking brake because one of the cables is seized. I checked the brakes, not hot and the car isn't dragging. The brake fluid is full. The handle hasn't been lifted at all. Bad parking brake switch?

[dcarrb]

Are you sure it's not the STOP LAMP light?

dcb

[SoCal LS-L]

Tap on either the parking brake lever or your brake fluid reservoir, one of the switches may be stuck.

[SVXalter]

The same thing happened to me yesterday... it fixed itself after a couple hours. Cold weather is here to stay

[bwb3]

Also check to be sure the rubber diaphragm on the inside of the brake fluid reservoir cap hasn't popped out as it will do when low on fluid. I have had it happen even when it wasn't low.
Gene

[Mike621]

Check the area uner your hood around your ABS pump for fluid. We have seen them fail on my Claret and on Tom's silver they leak slowly at first and cause pressure loss eventually.

[TomsSVX]

Originally Posted by bwb3

Also check to be sure the rubber diaphragm on the inside of the brake fluid reservoir cap hasn't popped out as it will do when low on fluid. I have had it happen even when it wasn't low.
Gene

This is typically what it is. Also would check to be sure the switch wiring is plugged in and that the wiring is intact

Tom

[Crazy_pilot]

The light was out when I drove back from school. It could have been the diaphragm, I didn't look at it but when I removed the cap to check the brake fluid level it may have popped back in. If it comes on again I'll keep that in mind.

As a side note: Bahahahahahahahahaha.... General Exclaim UHP's fail at snow. Honestly, the car is so tail happy it might as well be RWD. Need to get the Blizzak's back on.

[Tim]

Originally Posted by Crazy_pilot

The light was out when I drove back from school. It could have been the diaphragm, I didn't look at it but when I removed the cap to check the brake fluid level it may have popped back in. If it comes on again I'll keep that in mind.

As a side note: Bahahahahahahahahaha.... General Exclaim UHP's fail at snow. Honestly, the car is so tail happy it might as well be RWD. Need to get the Blizzak's back on.

I have those on my muranos and can't wait to replace them. The car is not surefooted during the rain or snow.

[Crazy_pilot]

I don't mind them in the rain, but you probably get more feel out of them with coilovers. I don't like the mushy sidewalls though. I left them on for the first snowfall because I wanted to see how bad they really are. I'm still part timing it in a tire shop while at school, and the brain dead company I work for actually lists the Exclaims as "All Seasons", meaning I've installed them in the middle of January. Based on this experience I won't be doing it next time they ask.

[Gamesy]

I get that off and on after using my handbrake and the light stays on for a random periode of time or not at all, so i figured it might've been the sensor?

[LetItSnow]

Float sticking in the reservoir?

[davew833]

That happened to me on my '97 Legacy yesterday, too. (It's been very cold here!) I removed the brake reservoir cap and put it back on and the brake light went off- I'm not sure exactly what I did.

[Subix]

It's starting to appear in mine also within the last few weeks. Mostly it'll come on those because the PS pump was seizing and choking the alternator... the light would go away about 30 mins later... I'll see if it re-appears after this pump is put in tomorrow...

[alia176]

I have the same thing too and it went away on the next start engine cycle. Does the extreme cold temp lower the fluid in any way due to shrinkage? My fluid is DOT4 fresh from last year.