Handbrake light problem HELP!!!

  1. Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Bristol - St George Posts: 2364 Mk2 Saxo VTS
    #1
    Right my car has recently started to get a problem, where the handbrake warning light is staying in, ive checked the brake fluid thats fine, and also all the brakes are ok

    The ABS light is on though but cant see that being the cause, could it be the handbrake switch???

    Also would it be a MOT failure if the warning light for handbrake stays on?

    Please help i need to put it through an MOT within the next 2 weeks
  2. L-plater Joined: Nov 2008 coalville Posts: 37 citroen ax focus estate
    #2
    just take the bulb out. as for mot if you have a strict mot man then he might want it to work?
  3. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2008 shoreham Posts: 301 Dead: mk1 vtr, mk2 vtr, mk1 vts Sold: 350z, mx5
    #3
    my mate had exactly the same problem on his vts, changed the switch but the light still stayed on and put it on a diagnostics to see if the abs sensors were up the shoot but everything was fine...
    must of been something wrong with the wiring, think he ended up just removing the bulbs before the mot
    interested in seeing whether yours is the same...

    as for the mot i think it would fail
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
    #4
    handbrake switch - mine went faulty after all the years. £12 got a new one from citroen I think it was?
  5. Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Bristol - St George Posts: 2364 Mk2 Saxo VTS
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gandi699 View Post
    handbrake switch - mine went faulty after all the years. £12 got a new one from citroen I think it was?
    wen i push the handbrake switch the light does sort of dim slightly
  6. L-plater Joined: Nov 2010 Southampton Posts: 62 Mk2 Saxo VTS
    #6
    I've got the same fault. I bypassed the brake fluid resvoir and the handbrake switch and still have the brake warning lamp on. I'm sure it must be ABS related
  7. Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Bristol - St George Posts: 2364 Mk2 Saxo VTS
    #7
    it might be but my ABS light has been on a while and it didnt used to stay on before....its strange but im gonna try to have a look tommoz and ill keep u posted on the outcome
  8. L-plater Joined: Jul 2012 lanark Posts: 68 Saxo vts mk2 Audi A3 2.0 TDI 170 BHP Sportback
    #8
    Got the same problem bud,ABS light on to.

    I'l be changing my handbrake switch after the brake overhaul.

  9. Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by axbob View Post
    just take the bulb out. as for mot if you have a strict mot man then he might want it to work?
    If I could wish for one thing on an internet forum, it would be an idiot filter...

    Let me think about this for a second. A warning light (a red one) is on warning you about something. Something is either fucked, or the sensor for that something is fucked, meaning you wont KNOW when it's REALLY fucked. And your solution is to remove the bulb.

    Nice work Sherlock, nice work.
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  10. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2011 Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 7779 Phase 2 VTS , E61 M5
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by VTR-Chris-VTR View Post
    Right my car has recently started to get a problem, where the handbrake warning light is staying in, ive checked the brake fluid thats fine, and also all the brakes are ok

    The ABS light is on though but cant see that being the cause, could it be the handbrake switch???

    Also would it be a MOT failure if the warning light for handbrake stays on?

    Please help i need to put it through an MOT within the next 2 weeks
    Get under the bonnet and test the resistance to your ABS sensors, find the faulty one, replace it, be slightly alarmed that the lights are still on, drive it for a bit and behold, they should go off!
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