Handbreak light doesn't go on

1. user_34090 Established Member Joined: May 2009 Devizes Posts: 2280 Blue Clio 172 Cup

   #1 26th February 2013, 13:23

   If I lift the handbreak there is no light unless I lean it to the right a bit.
   
   Typically, my MOT is on Friday and this problem has only started today.
   
   Any help on this? Or do I wedge something into the gap to make it constantly lean right?
2. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #2 26th February 2013, 13:33

   Try adjusting the bolts holding the handbrake to the floor,or see if you can move the switch slightly.
3. user_34090 Established Member Joined: May 2009 Devizes Posts: 2280 Blue Clio 172 Cup

   #3 26th February 2013, 14:35

   What you mean by 'switch' ?
4. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #4 26th February 2013, 14:39

   low brake fluid level? Or try fitting a new switch they only a couple of quid.
5. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #5 26th February 2013, 15:10

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by piranhamatt What you mean by 'switch' ?

   When you put the handbrake on it touches a switch & puts a light on,on the dash.
6. EclipseVTS L-plater Joined: Apr 2010 Genova, Italy Posts: 39 Saxo Vts 1.6 16v

   #6 27th February 2013, 00:05

   is possibile to check the switch without lifting the carpet?
7. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #7 27th February 2013, 09:53

   Maybe if you are lucky you can get your fingers in there, but I reckon you'll have to lift the carpet
8. 01amatti Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2006 leeds Posts: 313 2003 saxo VTR, 2000 VTS

   #8 27th February 2013, 10:06

   Mines the opposite won't go off!
   
   
   Sent from my saxo using Tapatalk HD
9. shaneio Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 welwyn garden city, hertfordshire Posts: 2313 s1 106 xsi

   #9 27th February 2013, 21:09

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Bedford126 low brake fluid level?.

   That's normally if the light stays on with the handbrake off
10. EclipseVTS L-plater Joined: Apr 2010 Genova, Italy Posts: 39 Saxo Vts 1.6 16v

    #10 27th February 2013, 23:12

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gandi699 Maybe if you are lucky you can get your fingers in there, but I reckon you'll have to lift the carpet

    Ok thanks, because I've never seen the parking light on my saxo even with the handbrake on...
11. JoshSmith Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Telford Posts: 181 Icelandic Furio

    #11 28th February 2013, 07:35

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by 01amatti Mines the opposite won't go off! Sent from my saxo using Tapatalk HD

    Low brake fluid!
12. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

    #12 28th February 2013, 09:46

    You don't need a light to come on when the handbrake is engaged for the MOT - it not working isn't a fail.