vsc light and slip light
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^ what that guy said. If you keep adding fluid to the reservoir and not looking at the brake pads, eventually you run out of pads and find out the hard way. The light is designed to come on when the pads are too low to safely use them. Then when you replace the pads you have to siphon out brake fluid from the reservoir because you kept filling it up and not dealing with the initial problem. Check your pads.
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wtf.. you dont siphon brake fluid out of the reservoir ever! You bleed the brakes using the bleeder valve on each caliper.. and even then on these cars you dont have to per the fsm, unless of course you are in danger of having the reservoir overflow when you push the piston back in.
edit: Also, I ran my pads quite low and the light doesn't come on because of that, its only because the fluid is low
edit: Also, I ran my pads quite low and the light doesn't come on because of that, its only because the fluid is low
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Of course you could.
You have to when you keep topping off your brake fluid without checking the pad level. Then when it comes time for brakes, and you press the pistons back into the bores, the brake fluid level in the reseviour rises and if it goes too much, you spray brake fluid all over your engine bay...which will remove the paint.
The other guy was suggesting NOT to just blindly keep topping off your brake fluid. Brake fluid does not evaporate. It's gotta go somewhere. If there is no leak in the system, chances are strong either your front or rear pads are near the point where the backing plates will start ruining the rotors. The brake light doesn't always come on when the pads are low...but if it does come on, and the fluid level is low...well then it's a strong indication that you may need a brake job shortly.
And yes, i've had to siphon out brake fluid before with a syringe because someone topped the brake fluid all the way to the top when the light came on and all 4 brakes needed to be done. Was just too much fluid in the reseviour for when i pressed the pistons back into the calipers.
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wtf.. you don't siphon brake fluid out of the reservoir ever! You bleed the brakes using the bleeder valve on each caliper.. and even then on these cars you don't have to per the fsm, unless of course you are in danger of having the reservoir overflow when you push the piston back in.
edit: Also, I ran my pads quite low and the light doesn't come on because of that, its only because the fluid is low
edit: Also, I ran my pads quite low and the light doesn't come on because of that, its only because the fluid is low
Of course you could.
You have to when you keep topping off your brake fluid without checking the pad level. Then when it comes time for brakes, and you press the pistons back into the bores, the brake fluid level in the reservoir rises and if it goes too much, you spray brake fluid all over your engine bay...which will remove the paint.
The other guy was suggesting NOT to just blindly keep topping off your brake fluid. Brake fluid does not evaporate. It's gotta go somewhere. If there is no leak in the system, chances are strong either your front or rear pads are near the point where the backing plates will start ruining the rotors. The brake light doesn't always come on when the pads are low...but if it does come on, and the fluid level is low...well then it's a strong indication that you may need a brake job shortly.
And yes, I've had to siphon out brake fluid before with a syringe because someone topped the brake fluid all the way to the top when the light came on and all 4 brakes needed to be done. Was just too much fluid in the reservoir for when i pressed the pistons back into the calipers.
You have to when you keep topping off your brake fluid without checking the pad level. Then when it comes time for brakes, and you press the pistons back into the bores, the brake fluid level in the reservoir rises and if it goes too much, you spray brake fluid all over your engine bay...which will remove the paint.
The other guy was suggesting NOT to just blindly keep topping off your brake fluid. Brake fluid does not evaporate. It's gotta go somewhere. If there is no leak in the system, chances are strong either your front or rear pads are near the point where the backing plates will start ruining the rotors. The brake light doesn't always come on when the pads are low...but if it does come on, and the fluid level is low...well then it's a strong indication that you may need a brake job shortly.
And yes, I've had to siphon out brake fluid before with a syringe because someone topped the brake fluid all the way to the top when the light came on and all 4 brakes needed to be done. Was just too much fluid in the reservoir for when i pressed the pistons back into the calipers.
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My entire point...just give the pads a quick visual to see if there is enough meat on them before topping off
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I'm having a similar problem. When I start my car in cold weather after driving for about a minute the VSC, Slip, and E-Brake lights all come on. Once the car heats up if I kill the engine and restart it they are gone.
Makes sense that's the brakes/fluid, since the fluid would be more dense when its cold thus taking up less volume.
Makes sense that's the brakes/fluid, since the fluid would be more dense when its cold thus taking up less volume.
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