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Nov 12, 2013, 8:17 AM

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hi there everyone sorry I mess up the questions sometime, this is a 2004 dodge caravan 3.3 the brake light comes and goes I check the fluid level it's ok and the brake works fine, the lining is also not bad don't know why the brake light is on and off, thank you.

Hammer Time
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Nov 12, 2013, 8:39 AM

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Re: brake light on	Sign In

There are 3 different reasons that light can come on

Low brake fluid
Parking brake applied
Hydraulic imbalance in the system (likely low pedal)

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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 12, 2013, 10:13 AM

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? Maybe parking brake itself especially if rear disc this has a small drum brake hidden inside the rotor. Cables to that can stick/corrode and parking brake isn't really fully retracted. Cable(s) should just by feel spring back if just pulled on some from underneath the van. Worth a check and easy enough,

T

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Nov 12, 2013, 10:37 AM

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The switch that triggers that should be on the parking brake mechanism so you should be able to inspect it there.

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