GQ Low brake fluid / handbrake light

option 2 would be right(mechanical h/brake and share light)most cars/4WDs have shared warning lamps cheers Paul

Steve,

I had the same problem with the Triton a few months ago (probably the post you read). They do share a warning light, fixed mine by replacing the brake fluid. It was due for replacement anyway.

Cheers Kev

Steve I would say that the wire fron the hand brake switch is earthing out against a bracket or body causing the warning light to come on.

This may be caused by someone disturbing / moving the wire or the loom when something has been installed or removed.

We see some strange things like people replacing screws and the replacement was longer then the original and has pierced the loom causing a short or earthing out.

Another one is people running cables close to some steering column and when the turn a left hand corner there radio turns off due to the power cable being pulled away from a spring loaded glass fuse holder.

When I get to work tomorrow morning I'll have a look at the wiring diagram and tel you what could be happening or what else runs of the curcuit.

Regards Richard

My son's Jackeroo recently had the same, and the light was dual purpose, hand brake and low fluid.
I would be pretty confident that your Nissan is the same, so don't worry be happy.
Regards Philip A

My GQ did the same mate, TOP UP THE BRAKE FLUID!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Son's GQ had the same problem. Turned out one of his brake cylinders was stuffed. Although the brake fluid was leaking only slowly, on close inspection it was certainly leaking.

Buggered if I know what it had to do with the hand brake light, but when cylinder was fixed, so was hand brake light.

Hmmm, my last GQ did this and it was just a top up to fix it. Maybe as suggested above get the fluid changed. The handbrake is cable, and yes they do share the same light.

Thanks for all your replys
I did forget to mention that when i topped up the fluid I popped the float up and down to make sure it was free and the fuid was a bit in the low side

Steve

Steve,
If your brake pads are worn down the fluid level will drop accordingly. Therefore when cornering the fluid moves away from the low level sensor causing the light to come on. Check how much brake pad is left before just topping up. This happened to me once in my 80 series going up a steep hill. When I checked the front pads they were very low but not to the point where the low pad scrapers kickin and start squealing. With new pads front and rear the fluid should be at the MAX mark. Then by monitoring the fluid level you have a good idea of the state of brake pads......unless there is a leak in the hydraulic system.

Rob