joetroy

Anyone have an experience with the brake warning light going on when braking for a while and then not? Here's the details:

Yesterday morning after pulling out of the garage (temp 28) and stopping at the end of the driveway, the brake warning light went on. Continued driving and about two block later it went off. Came up to a light and when I braked it went on again. This went on all the way to work. Seemed like no impact on braking ability. Called the dealer who said it sounded like a burned out bulb, so I checked them at lunch. All the bulbs were working. Same story on the way home (light on when I braked, off after a couple of blocks back on when I braked. Brakes stopped fine. Just to check things out I braked really hard from about 25mph on a side street and had no problem stopping. Got home and checked the brake fluid and it was fine. Called the dealer and they said bring it in tomorrow (today). Went out later in the evening to get gas and no brake warning light. Same thing all the way to the dealer (no brake warning light) this morning. Dealer took car for a test drive, checked brake fluid and lights and said everything is fine. Said maybe the float in the brake fluid container got stuck and the car thought it was low on fluid. Either the hard braking or removing the cap loosened the float. Said to monitor it and bring it back if it happens again.

Anyone have a similiar experience and if so did you find out what it was? Thanks

Blazin_TL

iTrader: (1)

yea ive had experience with this... just letting you know that your a little low on brake fluid

RickRoush03

No, but it sounds like that may have been the problem with the float stuck or just a quirk in the system. If all is well and the dealer said the same, just keep an eye on it in case it happens again.

bkzjimmy

both are correct.....when mine came on, i messed with the float then it would go off. now i added more fluid and it hasnt came on yet.

btw...mine only came on in the morning.

fsttyms1

yea its happened before here on the forum. It was mostlikely the float like the others said.

joetroy

Thanks for the feedback, I'll just keep an eye on it.

2001TL4KCdude

my light came on this morning, I need to check the fluid level.

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

Did you really have to post that?

Just go check it, then.

trance957

check the brake fluid and if there any possible leaks .

wmah523

i have the same problem, comes on under low temp (under 53) for around first 10 mins of driving. checked the brake fluid, it's full....now i was just wondering if my float was stuck, how would i get this fix....i was also thinking about if i bleed the brake it might get that fix too...???

bkzjimmy

like i said above just mess with the float yourself like this dont worry, it doesnt make you :gheywave: :gheyfight:

that should fix it.