Flashing Brake Light??

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Fri Jul 18 09:22:36 EDT 2003


At 10:20 PM 07/17/2003 -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:

>There are two brake warning lights. One is red and has an exclamation point
>on it. The other is yellow and indicates brake pad wear.
>
>
>The red brake warning  indicates that the brake fluid
>level is low. Fill the reservoir to the max mark. If that doesn't shut the
>warning up, then the sensor in the brake fluid reservoir is probably broken
>(or faulty connection). Get a new/used one from a junk yard. If you loose
>brake fluid to the point where you need to top off frequently (several
>times per year) I'd suggest that you have the system inspected for leaks.

The red warning also will flash if your hydraulic brake booster system
isn't operating properly or if the parking brake switch is activated.




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