brake light comes on - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

insane575 · 02-14-2010, 07:52 PM

when i accelerate really fast my brake light comes on in the guage cluster. and sometimes when is top real fast, but usually just when i accelerate really fast. what does it mean?

gammalinux · 02-14-2010, 08:00 PM

It could be a problem, if so a code should be stored. It may also be something simple. Make sure your parking brake is fully disengaged. I have seen people have the parking break engaged just enough to have the tell tale flicker.

CraigW · 02-14-2010, 08:01 PM

Check the fluid level in the reservoir if it is low the light will come on under situations you mentioned.

***REN69*** · 02-15-2010, 10:34 AM

This topic has been covered a lot of times on different forums, basically when your brake fluid is low the sensor turns the brake light on to let you know, fill it up and it will go away... usually this means you have a slow leak somewhere so you may need to get this looked at before it gets bigger.