Date:         Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:17:10 +0200
Reply-To:     Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
Subject:      Re: Brake Warning Light Stays On
Comments: To: JeromeAPerkins@AOL.COM
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Hi,

The hand brake light doubles as a low fluid light too.

I ran my Vanagon for quite some time with a random appearing, flickering
hand brake light.  It would be on, and then I would take the hand brake off,
and it would go out.... sometimes.  Other times it would continue to stay
on, but flicker as I drove... but stayed mostly off.  I thought it was a
loose contact in the hand brake switch or something similiar.

Found out (luckily) that the fluid was leaking out at the cylinder, and had
it repaired.

I wish that VW made it more clear that the "brake warning light" was more
important than just a hand brake light.

RSF

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Robert S. Fish
Salzburg, Austria
1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
1987 Golf Cabriolet
1991 Golf

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome Perkins" <JeromeAPerkins@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject: Brake Warning Light Stays On


> Sorry, I intended to say "There is no low brake fluid level indicator
fitted"
> As I understand it this is fitted to the reservoir filler cap and
connected
> to the lamp via a detachable terminal, I have just a plain cap.
>
> Jerome Perkins
>