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Brake warning light won't go out |
jmargush |
Jun 3 2013, 03:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 461 Joined: 8-June 04 From: Goshen, IN Member No.: 2,176 |
After the last autox as I was pulling out of the lot I noticed the brake warning light was on. I pushed the reset and it didn't turn it off.
The pedal did have act like the master cylinder was going bad or had gotten air in the system. If I pumped the pedal it would gain some pressure. Drove it home and the light had gone out at one point, but came back on. Spent Saturday bleeding the brakes and pulled pan off below the MC to make sure I was getting the switch reset. Pedal travel is not as firm as I would like it to be. Light will not go out even when I know the reset is pushed in. Tried switch from another MC same thing. Is the MC bad and preventing the light from going out? Or something else? |
toolguy |
Jun 3 2013, 05:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,270 Joined: 2-April 11 From: San Diego / El Cajon Member No.: 12,889 Region Association: Southern California |
The E brake wire is Brown with a white trace. . the same lead goes to the Master Cylinder. . if either lead is lose and touching ground, the red warning light will be on. The E brake lead is usually run in the little square frame at the front of the seat. . If you pull the carpet back by the heater lever you should see it where it exits the main wire harness.
Pull the lead off the M/c and see if the light goes out to eliminate the M/C switch. . If the light stays on, the ground is elsewhere. Since the trouble occurred after a slalom, I'd bet a lose lead got tossed around and is touching frame ground |
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