I have searched and everyone elses problems are similar but not the same....

My problem is the e-brake light is always on from the min. i turn the car untill i turn it off. when the e-brake is up the light just gets brighter, when the e-brake is down the light is not as bright...

anyone have an idea why id would do this?

thanks in advance,
-tim

 

any help?

 

Is your brake fluid low?

 

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What he said. Brake fluid level would be the first thing to check.

 

fluid level is fine, im changing the caps today, because i read somewhere that, the floater switch can go bad, so ill check that out and check the actuall leaver switch.

ill get back to this thread in a bit, any other help would be great

thanks,
-tim

 

Yeah, seen a few bad master cylinder cap switches.

 

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ill get back to this thread in a bit, any other help would be great

thanks,
-tim</TD></TR></TABLE>
That's easy to check. Just unplug it and connect the wires together to see if the light goes out.

 

There is a good chance the wire just came unhooked from the ebrake its self. Try giving that a check

 

thanks for all the help it just happened to be the cap, it was bad.
changed it and its back to normal.

thanks everyone
-tim

 

i know you can change the caps on stock master cylinders, what about aftermaket cylinders??? i just put a new one today and the light stays on?? do they sell caps for non oem??

 

short, ebrake switch bad, low fluid my guesses