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Foz - 03 Nov 2005 21:06 GMT

Hi all.
As of about 3 days ago, the handbrake warning light has started to come on
when braking ( slightly down hill ) when approaching a set of lights. A
quick google seems to imply that brake fluid levels are running low. I've
checked this and the levels are near the max level. can anyone throw a few
more possibilities this way??

thanks in advance..... foz

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Malc - 03 Nov 2005 22:37 GMT

> Hi all.
> As of about 3 days ago, the handbrake warning light has started to come on
> when braking ( slightly down hill ) when approaching a set of lights. A
> quick google seems to imply that brake fluid levels are running low. I've
> checked this and the levels are near the max level. can anyone throw a few
> more possibilities this way??

Low brake pads? Loose connector? If you top up the fluid to maximum does the
fault go away? One other thing that occurred to me was that if you frig the
fluid switch so it thinks that it's full of fluid all the time, does the
fault still occur?

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Foz - 03 Nov 2005 23:45 GMT

cheers malc. will give these a look tomorrow.

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> > Hi all.
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> fluid switch so it thinks that it's full of fluid all the time, does the
> fault still occur?

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