parking brake light
11-17-04, 10:09 PM
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parking brake light
My parking brake light on my 85 GSL-SE will not turn off even though the parking brake is released. It just started doing this today. Any thoughts on how to get the light to work properly??
11-18-04, 12:39 AM
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Thats not just your parking brake light, its also a brake system warning light. Check your brake fluid,master cylinder, and brake lines. Mine did the same thing...got it home, opened the brake resevoir and it was bone dry. Come to find out I had a serrated brake line.
11-18-04, 02:00 AM
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mine came on one day, i and wuz getting so pissed off . i kept pulling it up then pushing it back down.
turned out i had a leak and was out of fluid. little nerd lite saved the seven from plowing into the back of some1s car!!. phew!
carl.
turned out i had a leak and was out of fluid. little nerd lite saved the seven from plowing into the back of some1s car!!. phew!
carl.
11-18-04, 11:29 AM
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Wow, didn't realize that the light also warned of low fluid. Good to know.
I had the light staying on too, but on my car the actual switch mechanism in the hand brake was misbehaving. If you take off the hand brake cover there is a switch that the rear of the lever contacts. I repositioned this and it fixed my problem.
I had the light staying on too, but on my car the actual switch mechanism in the hand brake was misbehaving. If you take off the hand brake cover there is a switch that the rear of the lever contacts. I repositioned this and it fixed my problem.
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Originally Posted by vipernicus42
It's a good thing to know, it's like that on most cars.
It's in your Mazda manual that came with the car
Jon
It's in your Mazda manual that came with the car
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11-30-04, 08:34 PM
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Hi
I just read this thread all i can say is .....thanks
my brake light came on and i thought it for the parking brake also, until i read this i was also low on fluid.
thanks again
Don
I just read this thread all i can say is .....thanks
my brake light came on and i thought it for the parking brake also, until i read this i was also low on fluid.
thanks again
Don
12-01-04, 12:16 AM
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Learned the same recently, MC was leaking out the back... Saw it was low, filled it up, drove one day, got low again, finally puked enough fluid to find the leak...
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