AcidicDreams

My red brake light is acting wierd. It started coming on when I shift from first to second and second to third gear. I'm sure it has less to do with which gears and more to do with those shifts having more difference in acceleration. In any case has anyone else had a flaky e-brake sensor or does that light come on for other brake problems?

1styota4X4

your resivor could be low on fluid...how hard are you driving when this happens??

excableguy

My wifes '97 brake light would come on, thought it was the parking brake lever, ended up being low on fluid

eric-the-red

Yup, check the fluid level, the sensors seem to be very sensitive in Yotas.

humanoid

Yes, check the fluid level, but it also could be an indication that your brakes need some matintenance like new pads/shoes.

AcidicDreams

Brake pads should be ok.... but low brake fluid makes sense... the funny thing is ~3 weeks ago I woke up and my clutch fluid was low, luckily it had enough shift in it to get to the auto parts store... I'll check the brake fluid. It would also make sense with the acceleration causing it to go on and off....

thanks for the tips

wjwerdna

mods, can we get a sticky about checking brake fluid before any brake light related issues seems like ive read this same diagnosis several times, lol

91_4x4runner

I just had this problem in my 2nd gen last week. Checked the brake fluid and it was below the minimum. Filled it up, light still isnt going completely off. I found by pressing in the button (that gets pressed in my my pull lever) that the pull lever is malfunctioning... gotta fix it one of these days, but for the time being, it's just making the light glow.

AcidicDreams

yup it was the fluid.... it wasn't under min but it was low enough that with heavy acceleration follwed by the clutch it could have dropped below min on one side.. thanks guys