Flickering warning light

[lazyitus]

My car has recently developed a red flickering warning light in the centre display panel : like this - (!)

I think it relates to brake fluid but its recently been topped up and it brakes/stops o.k.

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[shpub]

It is either the ignition light and this means that the alterntor or alternator fuse is dying. If the brake warning light then there is somthing wrong with the brakes. Get them checked out ASAP. Could be simple like a bad level connection.

All covered in bible 2.

[GreenV8S]

I think the (!) things is the low fluid warning light. You could confirm by taking the cap off the fluid reservoir and switching the ignition on, the low fluid light will then come on. Some cars with pad wear indicators drive it from that too. You can recognise this by wires coming from the pads. Haven't seen any TVRs with this, but very common on the donor Fords some somebody could well have added it.

[Leadfoot]

Doesn't that warning light come on when the handbrake is on (as well as being the low fluid level warning)?

[Ballistic Banana]

from Owners manual

one with p in circle = illuminates when Handbrake on.

one with ! in circle = Break fluid level low - check fluid level in engine bay. Also illuminates with the handbrake to check circuit

Could someone elaborate on which circuit it is checking, break light circuit ...

BB

[shpub]

It just checks the bulb. If the brake level light comes on it could be you have no brake fluid, the pads are so worn that the fluid level is low to compensate or that the wire has broken. Either way it means trouble.

[lazyitus]

shpub said:

It just checks the bulb. If the brake level light comes on it could be you have no brake fluid, the pads are so worn that the fluid level is low to compensate or that the wire has broken. Either way it means trouble.

The car has only recently been serviced and the brakes are fine and the fluid was topped up. This is what is confusing me.

[shpub]

Just because the car has been serviced and the brake fluid has been topped up and everything is fine, doesn't mean that you can ignore this fault.

The fluid level may have dropped because a seal has started to leak. Something may have hit the brakes and damaged a joint. A brake pad may have become very worn or the material crumbled due to over heating. The sensor may be broken but you don't know and as it is the brakes, it should be checked out before you find you don't have any brakes and kill yourself or worse kill or injure others.

Sorry to be blunt but this is not something that should be ignored on the grounds it might go away or that the car has been serviced recently.

>> Edited by shpub on Tuesday 22 July 13:42

[lazyitus]

Thanks Steve, I'll heed your good advice.