on my S2 my brake warning light is staying on!it goes out when i disonnect the brake fluid level sensor but then the light doesnt come on when i pull the handbrake on!ps the brake fluid level is ok.any help appreciated!cheers.

 

ps have changed the level sensor.

 

seen this prob b4 change the level sensor as mentioned above if that dont work take the bulb out ya clocks

 

I might be your actuall brake lines.My mates brike light was on in his Coss and we couldnt trace the fault,turned out his brake lines were corroded and seeping fluid
It wasnt much but enough to have the light on.Personally i wouldnt be happy untill i knew why it was staying on mate,must mean there is a problem somewhere and for some reason i think brakes are quite important

 

Try changing the level sensor sounds like its faulty mate

 

it is full, resovir that is ?

 

have you got abs, could be one of your belts is loose / snapped

 

the level is up to maximum and yes i do have abs - would a snapped belt bring the warning light on??

 

I though if a belt snapped the ABS(Yellow) light would be on?

 

a snapped belt should bring on the warning light but i can't remember what colour it should be

 

yellow light would be on mate if belt snapped bcos its happened to me. Try new sensor

 

As above m8 mine was flickering then stayed on fitted a new sensor and it was ok.

 

Depents what year car it is...my D plate has a red light for the ABS

 

My D plate also has red light on the ABS belt. Get under the car if you can, the sensor may have fallen out. They only clip in & one of mine kept falling out so I eventually silicon'd it around the edges. B'cos both of them are the same (but one flipped over for the other side) one sensor fits on the top of the belt unit, the other on the bottom. It is the passenger side which is on the bottom & this was the one which kept falling out.

note: you MAY be able to see it hanging down, have a look behind the gearbox area on the passenger side. If you can see some wires with a small black box attached with a shiny metal clip on it, then this is the sensor.

If both of them are still in it could be one of your belts has snapped.

 

Here's a pic for you so you know what you are looking for & roughly where.

If it is the belt which has snapped:

RS build 01/86 - 10/88 code: 86AB 2M016AC
RS build 10/88 - 08/90 code: 89FB 2M016AA



Hope this helps ya & let me know once you've seen it.