"Brake" Light on dash?

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Author Message   Kyle Stauffer (Flkyle) New Member Username: Flkyle Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 01:54 pm:    The red "parking brake light" on my dash keeps flickering/staying on, etc... i'm supposing this is a bad sign? Any remedies or recommendations as to what is the cause? It's a 98 Disco I...   Rick D (Fatmcnasty) New Member Username: Fatmcnasty Post Number: 11 Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 01:55 pm:    Check the fluid level. Your probably low.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2174 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 02:14 pm:    Rick has it pegged, if the light "flickers", the fluid is low and sloshing a bit... -L   Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 845 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 02:27 pm:    Could also be a bad master cylinder cap. I had that happen on my DII.   Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 129 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 02:37 pm:    I had the same issue and posted a similar thread about 2 weeks ago. Everyone said it was the brake fluid. Everyone was right. Ahhhhh, the power of Discoweb. Dan   Kyle S. (Flkyle) New Member Username: Flkyle Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 03:01 pm:    Thanks fellas... i'll check out the fluid and let you know.   David Smith (Discodave) New Member Username: Discodave Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 08:37 pm:    I had the same problem the day it came back from the dealer service.... Turns out the rear brake pad 'wear indicator' wire had been broken and was now earthing on the chasis. Worth a check.   Tony Zuniga (Tony23007) New Member Username: Tony23007 Post Number: 22 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 10:12 pm:    Check your pads while your at it, sometimes the wear indicators make the light come on.   Bill Howell (Billh13) New Member Username: Billh13 Post Number: 32 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 09:14 pm:    There are wear indicators on the brakes? Man, those guys at Lucas think of everything.   Dean DeSantis (Dean) New Member Username: Dean Post Number: 28 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 09:51 pm:    Wow....I was just going to post for the same thing....a blinking brake light on the dash...Now, my fluid level looks OK, but the fluid itself is brown...should I change it? Dean   trevor griffiths (Trevorgriffiths) Member Username: Trevorgriffiths Post Number: 93 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 07:59 am:    Every two years/30k miles is a good rule of thumb on brake fluid. Also, it's in the owners manual under MAINTENANCE   Dean DeSantis (Dean) New Member Username: Dean Post Number: 30 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 10:03 pm:    Thanks Trevor....I still need to get my truck to your shop for that OEM lift I have been putting off for to long. Dean   Dean DeSantis (Dean) New Member Username: Dean Post Number: 31 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 09:37 am:    Brake fluid was low...topped off, fixed red light issue...thanks