Ok, so I start my car last night to go out. I am driving and I notice the brake light is on but the E-brake is released and the car is driving normal. After a while or after hard braking, the light disappears and comes back and goes again. Same thing happened today morning. Its been 20 degrees both days. What the heck is going on and can it be fixed?

 

The brake light also comes on to indicate a problem in your brake system. Could be low fluid, a bad master or slave cylinder. I would get it checked out before something really does break.

 

dude..which brake light?? your spoiler light, taillights???

 

I had my brakes check about 1 month ago. Also had the 7500 mile service done.

 

Top off your fluids in the brake fluid reservoir. On hard breaking the system is pressurized and will cause a slightly higher level of fluid to be read. If your fluid is low the light will come on. Colder weather makes the fluid thicker. More than likely it is just your fluid level fill it up.

 

He doesn't say exactly which light but the E-Brake will not make the taillights or rear spoiler light come on. So by means of elimination it is the brake light on the dash.

 

Sorry, its the BRAKE light on the dash. I remember reading about this a while back. More input please as I wait for the dealer to call back for an appointment.

 

hey, gimme a break..I had a brain fart...

 

No problem I have a few those that won't go away without force



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It is brake fluid being too low, but that usually means that the pads are close to being worn out 'cos the fluid never really goes anywhere... hopefully

 

Absolutely true! Mine is just about at needing new pads (54,000 miles on the originals!!!!) and the fluid level is low. Depending on your mileage, go ahead and replace the pads first (front and back), see where the level is and then add fluid. NEVER do the opposite.....DOT4 fluid is messy.

 

Well, car is going back to dealer. They check my brakes a few weeks ago and said everything was fine. Let them fix this, have the crank position sensor recall to do anyway.

 

OK, I did a little searching on this problem and it seems the general consesus is pads being worn out or low brake fluid. Heres one question I have, any reason why a car with only 8500 miles have worn out pads so fast. I rarely do hard braking. Brake fluid is 1/4 above the distance between Min and Max.

 

Hey MacAlert,

Have you gotten your Max back from the dealer yet? My 2K is doing the exact same thing as yours. My pads have way more than 8500 on them, so this is likely the cause of my brake light situation. However, with your pads having so few miles I wanted to know if the dealer was able to confirm the low fluid thing.

 

Got my brakes fixed today. Dealer claimed my pads were "nonexistent" and my rotors needed to be resurfaced. Well, $270 later, brake light is gone and crank sensor recall done. For that amount of money, I could have gone with aftermarket rotors and pads. Oh well, can't do anything now.