My brake light on my dash goes on and off while I am driving. None of my other cars have done this before. My guess is the brake fluid or some sort of pad sensor. Can anyone shed some light on what can cause this other than the ebrake being not fully let out? Thanks.

 

Pads need replacement.

 

Thank you sir! I was hoping it was a forwarning for that.

 

Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Brake" light on the instrument cluster is for the e-brake, not for the pads. I wasn't aware that we have pad wear sensors that will tell us when the pads are worn. Is this the case?

If it is just the e-brake than I would guess a short in the wire somewhere...

 

what he meant to say was the level in the brake fluid resevoir is low.
that dosn't mean the pads need replaced by any means.
check your brake fluid level.
our cars DO NOT have pad wear sensors!

 

damn man you must be doing some hella stoping if you need pads already i just changed mine on the 03 like 3 months ago hahaha

 

Fluid is low. This could be caused by the pads needing replaced, but is not limited too. We do not have pad sensors, but the light coming on is a good indication of such a thing.

 

I will check the fluid and the wear on the pads. If they are worn then I understand why the fluid would be low, due to the pistons being pushed further out on worn pads. I will check the fluid and check the owners manual for the proper replacement fluid. Thanks again guys.

 

You need pads. I just replaced mine. When I would brake hard the light (yes the e-brake light) would flash at me real quick.

 

the reason for the breaklight is low fluid levels but if it lights up when u break then you have air in the system. you would know if there is air in the system if it is deeper than usual. go check it for leaks and bleed your system. after doing this and it is still lighting up you may want to check the handbreak switch.

 

Air in the system? If he has air in the brake lines and compressing that air when using the brakes is causing his fluid to go low, he has too low an amount of fluid in the system. So the problem again like others have pointed out is low fluid, not the air. Why does he have low fluid? Like most pointed out it's most likely due to increased volume in the calipers due to extended pistons from thinner brake pads (i.e. low brake pads). Otherwise he has a leak somewhere.

The suggestion that it might be the electrical connections with the e-brake could very well be a possibility too, so that is a very good suggestion but it's up to the op to determine which is more likely, and checking the brake fluid level is a 10 second job of popping the hood and looking at the reservoir.