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nicktoozoff

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:01 am
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Location: Moruya NSW

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:31 am

Hi all,

I have a 94 LWB Vitara. While cornering to the left only, the hand brake warning light comes on under cornering loads. Never to the right. I would appear to be when fluids of some sort move away from a sensor, but I cant work out which ones!! Does anyone have any experience with this or any ideas where I can start looking?!!

Cheers Nick.

rustyzook

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Location: Tamworth- central coast
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:00 am

brake master cylinder.

atari4x4

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:01 am

rustyzook wrote:

brake master cylinder.

^^^ this

it's a low fluid warning.

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Rossco

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:02 am

Have you checked the brake fluid? It it's low it would set the sensor off when cornering

nicktoozoff

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:00 pm

Thnx guys. I will look into that.

SuziBlu

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:25 pm

nicktoozoff wrote:

Hi all,

the hand brake warning light comes on under cornering loads.
Cheers Nick.

Does the Vitara use fluid in the hand brake ??

Sounds like its just a crappy switch.

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rustyzook

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:33 pm

the same light came on in the mrs vit when the fluid was low, same with sierra, the park light stays on

atari4x4

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:33 pm

SuziBlu wrote:

nicktoozoff wrote:

Hi all,

the hand brake warning light comes on under cornering loads.
Cheers Nick.

Does the Vitara use fluid in the hand brake ??

Sounds like its just a crappy switch.

no but it uses the handbrake warning light as a low brake fluid level warning. :wink:

if it was a french build shitbox, i'd believe it if it was a fluid powered handbrake... checked the oil on the C4 Citroen i'm driving & the dipstick is literally a piece of wire with a pissy plastic handle & a plastic end on it with the E & F marks on it.

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want33s

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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:53 pm

Lots of cars/trucks use a wire dipstick because of the convoluted path they take from the top to the sump.
Normal flat steel only bends in one plain.

nicktoozoff

Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:01 am
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Location: Moruya NSW

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:57 pm

Yeah the master brake cylinder was way low on brake fluid. Topped up, no more warning light!! Thnx guys!!

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Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:30 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:17 pm

nicktoozoff wrote:

Yeah the master brake cylinder was way low on brake fluid. Topped up, no more warning light!! Thnx guys!!

now you need to find the leak that caused the low fluid level.

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