My emergency brake light came on, red on the dashboard,


Does it also mean that your fluid is low, as well as your E-Brake being on ?

Because i just had some brake work done, and my light is on, and today i lost the brakes at low speed... came home. There is only a small amount of fluid in the resivoir... the rear part of the resevoir.


Now, my manual says, that (Brake !) light is only for the E-Brake.


Thoughts ?

1994 SR5 Auto

 

well, fill up the resevoir and find out if it goes away, if you havent done so already.

 

Stores closed now. You got an answer ?

 

Yes. Low brake fluid will also cause the parking brake light to illuminate on your truck.

 

lol that was my answer...

 

or you may just need to adjust the e-brake and tighten it up... mine wont go off and my fluid is fine, but my brake lever is waaaaay out of adjustment... as in it dont work...

 

My truck is slowly losing fluid somewhere, and a few weeks ago my ebrake like kept coming on and going off. I filled up the fluid and it has been off ever since.

 

Mine was doing the same thing a while ago on a 91 PU...

The [BRAKE] light was on all the time, but odly enough if you watched the light closely, you could tell at night that without the e-brake pulled, it wasn't fully lit; basically, if you were to pull the e-brake, the light got a little brighter; not much, but it did brighten up a bit. So I took a look at the brake fluid level, and it was right where it needs to be. So what I did next was take that fill-filter out from under the resevour, and the light's been out since!

Give it a shot; look close and see if you can tell if the light get's a little brighter when you engauge the e-brake; that'll at least narrow it down to low brake fluid level or e-brake circut problem.

If it does get a little brighter when you pull the e-brake like mine did, just try removing that filter and then topping the fluid back off (the filter assymbely does take a little bit a volume, so you'll have to add just a tiny bit of brake fluid to bring it back to full) and see if the light goes off anf stays off. I've had mine removed for well over a year now and have had no bad side-effects; all it does is keep contaminates out when adding brake fluid... which isn't that hard to do yourself

Couldn't tell yeah why it helped; maybe it was binding up on the float for the sensor, I dunno...



OH, and bleed your brakes for sure if you're having braking problems and low fluid in the resivour...

Exactly what kind of brake work did you have done?

I'd check you calipers and wheel cylinders for leaks...

 

Look under there and see where your money went!
Bigblock

 

Well, at first light i went and got some brake fluid, and filled it up. it was the rear left brake line, from the distribution box to the wheel. There was a small hole, just underneath a rusted metal clamp. A new piece of line went in... my buddy bent it by hand, basically we just coppied the way the older line was bent.


Oh, and as for the E-brake light.... after about 15 minutes of the resevoir being filled up, it went out during the test drive with the wife.

So it's a dual purpose light, foe-sho.......

Glad i didn't have to drop the tank !!!


Thanks guys for the input.

 

my brake light came on in my 95 p/u one day, then about and hour later my alternator went out.

 

And the plot thickens....

 

as long as the brake fluid doesn't...

 

i have similar problems on my 96 4runner with my red ebrake light except mine only goes on somewhat randomly when i accelerate is this a brake fluid problem or an electrical one?

 

stupid yet relevant, my brake light came on in the middle of the highway, and i spotted my undies, however, i just had to click my e brake, that isnt even hooked up, all the way down, and it went off.

 

nuff said

 

bi polar 94 p/u?

 

Haha, I wonder. My truck acts up less when I'm listening to country music.

 

Ditch that country ish and listen to the band In Flames, song DEAD END, and your rig will drive itself.

 

mine went on when i was at paragon a few years back...fluid was low, added some in and light never came on again.