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Bill Kinkaid
 
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Default Brake warning light on 1998 Ford Escort - 11-03-2009 , 10:12 AM






It's been coming on intermittently for a couple of weeks, just flashes
once and goes off every few days. I've checked the fluid and it looks
fine. The pads are still about 40% and brakes are working fine,
including a panic stop I had to make last week. My suspicion is just a
short or a loose connection to the handbrake; any other ideas?


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Scott Dorsey
 
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Default Re: Brake warning light on 1998 Ford Escort - 11-03-2009 , 10:55 AM






Bill Kinkaid <davelister (AT) shaw (DOT) ca> wrote:
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It's been coming on intermittently for a couple of weeks, just flashes
once and goes off every few days. I've checked the fluid and it looks
fine. The pads are still about 40% and brakes are working fine,
including a panic stop I had to make last week. My suspicion is just a
short or a loose connection to the handbrake; any other ideas?
Get out the meter and see if it's the handbrake, or if it is one or more
of the pressure sensors. If it's a pressure sensor, then you know where
to start looking.
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ben91932
 
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Default Re: Brake warning light on 1998 Ford Escort - 11-04-2009 , 06:17 PM



.. My suspicion is just a
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short or a loose connection to the handbrake; any other ideas?
I would also check the fluid level sensor.. maybe a quick brake
bleed...
HTH
Ben

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