2002 Prado GXL Brake Warning Light Coming On
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004 at 18:07
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Bodie
Just completed 55,000 km and the brake warning light is coming on when I were going up rough hills over the weekend.
Checked the fluid and it is just below half in the reservoir and removed both the front and rear wheels for a
check of the brake pads which are around 25% remaining.
I think the low fluid sensor may be bring the light on when on steep hills. When I removed the wheels there was not any signs of fluid loss anywhere.
Has anybody else had this problem when the brake reservior gets very low when pads start getting down to 25% or less on a Prado?
Maybee not enough reservoir cappacity to compensate for the brake wear?
Any ones thoughts appreciated.
Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004 at 21:23
Tuesday, Mar 02, 2004 at 21:23
Bodie,
From what we've found with tojo's, the fluid level drops as pads wear, as stated above. We always
check pad wear each service, but once that small groove in centre of pads is almost gone, it's time for new pads. New pads are a lot cheaper than new discs, even DBA discs.
If you top the master cylinder up now, it will overflow when you put new pads in. The front pads are easy to
check when underneath the vehicle, but always find we have to remove the rear wheels, to do a proper
check on that end.
Disc pad change would be one of easiest jobs on a tojo, don't even get your hands greasy!
Hooroo...
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