Handbrake Light Flashing

[Fujiwara]

I have an issue with my handbrake light on the dash.

SOMETIMES it keeps flashing intermittently and then goes away.

It's not always on bright as well - by this i mean that it's dimmed and flashing.

I can't pinpoint any factors that are contributing to this.

Have a question, is there a cable just behind the steering wheel (covered between the plastic thing where the key fob is) that controls JUST the handbrake light?

Or does anyone have any ideas on how i go about fixing this?

[ricsvtr]

Maybe your brake fluid level is getting a bit low. Try topping it up and see if it goes away. The "handbrake light" lights up when your brake fluid gets low.

[LoNg_ShaNks]

my hand brake light stayed on permanently when the brake fluid was low but after topping it up it was all good. However, i do own an R32.

[br3ndan]

99% brake fluid... if its flashes on and off this means that its getting low... but not low enough to stay on all the time... this might be because when you taking corners and the brake fluid is moving around causing it to flash.

Best thing is to top it up~ and it should solve your problem. Use the same brake fluid as youve got in it already, which i would assume is DOT 4, as mixing is probably not the best thing.

Or if your feel like doing some work then bleed the brake system with DOT 5.1 ^^.

Edited February 24, 2008 by br3ndan

[Fujiwara]

cool. will give that a go.

Thanks heaps. Will let you know what happens - next weekish