[s-cars] Dash Brake Light On

weski at verizon.net weski at verizon.net
Tue Sep 3 20:02:24 PDT 2019


Doug,

Check your fluid levels.?? The brake light will come on if the brake 
fluid level is low.

Paul

On 9/3/2019 5:51 PM, Douglas Fifield wrote:
> Mike,
>
> The pedal feels normal. The car functions as one might expect. Rust on the disks. Brakes well.
>
> D.
>
>> On Sep 3, 2019, at 4:43 PM, Mike Claire <mike.claire at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I sold mine like 5 years ago, but i remember the brake circuit!   Is the brake pedal hard?  If so, that could be the bomb (accumulator).  I think there's a test that involves backing off one of the brake lines on the master cylinder.
>>
>>
>> Mike
>> '17 Q5
>> No cool Audis though
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 3:20 PM Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com <mailto:douglas.fifield at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hedz,
>>
>> Patient is a 95.5 S6 Avant who has been hibernating. I have resurrected it and am trying to fix all the little issues that go along with old sleeping cars.
>>
>> The issue I need help with now is the resolution of the dash brake light being on. When I first started it up the light stayed on for a little while and eventually went off. Today, I took it out for some errand running and at first the light went off after starting the engine - until it did not.
>>
>> I need a quick refresher on what triggers that light. I have not touched the parking brake. That at least should not be an issue.
>>
>> As always, thanks in advance to the collective mind out there.
>>
>> Douglas in Duluth
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