Slight Issue... DC4 Handbrake Indicator

**TEK** · 18-11-2008 10:47 PM

Hey Guys
my DC4 has a Issue with the Handbrake Indicator...
If i leave the car to warm up for like 10min or more and start Driving the Handbrake Indicator doesnt stay on after i release the handbrake, BUT in the morning with i warm the car up for any less then 10mins the Handbrake light stays on for like 20mins then goes away... this does not happen if i drive the car in the afternoon... Looks like if i dun drive the car for more than 10 hours this happens... Any Ideas??

**theuan101** · 18-11-2008 11:06 PM

Check wires around the handbrake and the actual switch it might be buggered.... My skylines one was buggered bought a new one from nissan fixed it for me... honda should be the same...

**GSi_PSi** · 18-11-2008 11:12 PM

its the switch to activate the light, open up your handbrake console and locate the switch and i think you have to tighten a bolt. The handbrake light has nothing to do with warming up the car or enginewise stuff.

**m3ntAL_l2** · 19-11-2008 10:13 AM

had the same prob.. then i think it went away by it self :S

**1900-hustler** · 19-11-2008 12:20 PM

haha i had this same problem too - the dissapearing handbrake light. it would go away if i left the car and warmed it up , but would hang around if i didnt. it would also come up after i took turns sharply or when i was on an incline

mine turned out to be the flotation device in the brake resivior (where you put brake fluid). anyways the wiring / connections was buggered so i just got a replacement for it and it went away.

just take it to a mechanic - hannys in smithfield sorted mine out.

**TEK** · 03-12-2008 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by 1900-hustler

haha i had this same problem too - the dissapearing handbrake light. it would go away if i left the car and warmed it up , but would hang around if i didnt. it would also come up after i took turns sharply or when i was on an incline

mine turned out to be the flotation device in the brake resivior (where you put brake fluid). anyways the wiring / connections was buggered so i just got a replacement for it and it went away.

just take it to a mechanic - hannys in smithfield sorted mine out.

Just wondering how much that cost??