What does it mean when your parking brake is not working?
When starting the vehicle, the flashing of the P warning lights indicates that the parking brake is not correctly applied. As soon as safely possible, stop the vehicle and try to completely release the parking brake. Depress the foot brake and use the parking brake manual control lever. Warning message Battery fault will be displayed.
What to do if you have a parking brake fault?
Warning message Parking brake fault will be displayed. 1. Electric parking brake has a fault. The manual and automatic functions may not operate. When stationary, to immobilise your vehicle: • Pull and hold the manual control lever for around 7 to 15 seconds, until the warning light illuminates in the dashboard instrument panel. 2.
When does the parking brake warning light go out?
The parking brake warning light illuminates in the dashboard instrument display and on the parking brake lever to confirm the electronic parking brake has been applied. The warning light will go out once the parking brake has been fully released.
How can you tell if your car has a brake problem?
A sharp, chemical odor after repeated hard braking on steep roads is a sign of overheated brakes or clutch. Pull over immediately in a safe place, check your parking brake to make sure it’s fully released and allow the brakes to cool. If you don’t, you risk heating up the brake fluid to boiling, which can cause brake failure.
Why does the dashboard brake light stay on when the emergency brake is off?
One of the common reasons why the dashboard brake light remains on when the emergency brake is off is when there is need for addition of brake fluid.
What to do when your parking brake is stuck?
Wait 5 minutes, re connect the battery and it should reset the parking brake issue. This happened to me way out in the middle of no where. Crawl under the rear end and tap on the brake solenoid with the plastic end of a screw driver or a stick. Then try it again.
What to do if your brake light won’t turn off?
Close the reservoir and keep on checking on the brake fluid level regularly to prevent such problems. Find out if there are signs of external leaks. this can be detected by fluid drops on the bolts near the master cylinder booster as well as on the floor where the car is packed.
Can a parking brake light be activated by ABS?
Usually, the brake fluid level sensor and the parking brake are the only two items that can activate the BRAKE light. But, not all vehicles are the same, and some of the earliest ABS systems would trigger both lights simultaneously for any ABS fault.