"BRAKE" Light

[transio]

My "BRAKE" light came on yesterday for about 15 minutes while driving, then went back off. I checked the parking brake, and it was all the way down. Could this mean a simple DIY like I need to top off the brake fluid, or should I take it in and have it checked out?

[skunkworks]

Fill up you master cyllinder to the bottom of the necked down part. There is a float in there to warn you of a low level and since the fluid fills in behind the piston in the calipher as the pads wear it can also indicate the approaching need for pads.

albert
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[shoota77]

mine came on when i had a bunk fuse. fixed the fuse and it went away.

[BBVX]

Ours has been going off and on forever. Someone posted in an earlier thread that a possible cause is loose change down in the armrest making a contact and telling the brake indicator light to come on. I haven't torn ours apart yet, but it's on my honey-do list. Check I should check the fluid while I'm at it.

Brian

[transio]

I figured it out today... when the car warms up, the light goes off. I think the cold weather is making the fluid contract enough to trigger the low fluid light, and when it heats up from use, it expands a bit and the light goes back off.

I'm gonna fill up the reservoir today. Anyone know off hand if we use DOT 3 or DOT 4 brake fluid?