warning light in ae101

[Mike-]

a warning light keeps on coming up in my car and i dont know wat it is

its the last lite on the dash under the check engine lite, it is a picture of a car with lines coming out the back, any idea of wat this is?

Thanks

[Mr Revhead]

you have brake/taillights that are not working

[Mike-]

do you think it could be that the oil warning is wired up to that lite coz my oil was fukin low and the oil light never came on coz my backlightsd all work

[aesc]

Not likely to be oil as that has its own warning light.

Maybe you have a wiring fault which is causing the light to come on even though all your bulbs are ok.

But I suspect that one of the bulbs is out. Have you tried checking all bulbs when you have brakes on, and brakes on when headlights on etc?

[TruenoBoy]

Your brake fluid is probally low dude

[Mr Revhead]

its the brake/tail LIGHT warning light......

[toyonut]

dont get complicated yet, listen to mr revhead, check your back lights at night so you can see them all clearly, one will be blown but it can be hard to tell sometimes.

[Charged1]

Hi mate , yeah I have the same light stuck on too , on my 92 GTZ , at first it was a brake light , changed that and still the light stays on , all my my tail lights are find now so just ignor the warning light now ???

[Mr Revhead]

it is possible for the warning light to be on while all lights still working... it happend on my ae82 sprinter. i just replaced bulbs till i found the one that caused it. electrics are beyind me so ill let a sparky explain it

or you coul dhave a wiring fault

[matt dunn]

electrics are beyind me so ill let a sparky explain it

OK then,

the checker relay measures current flow through the bulbs to determine if they are all working. If not enough current, it brings on the fault light.

When the stop/tail bulbs get old they draw lees current than they used to and sometimes can drop below the limit.

Solution, replace all the stop tail bulbs ( probably 4 at $2 each)

that will fix it.

Matt

[toyonut]

damn dont have the levin any more but, is the light off when you first start the car?. Mine was and it came on when you pressed the brakes, so i replaced the bulb and no more light came on. might work the same way if you get the light only when turning on the lights. otherwise you have a wiring fault and may need to see a friendly auto sparky

[kingcorolla]

could be a brake fluid warning light, some have sensors on the resovoirs to indicate a low level. his description sorta fits this...

could help if you tell us what car you drive...

even better, just check dam the brake fluid level. then you can eliminate that option if its full. throw us a fukn bone.

[matt dunn]

could be a brake fluid warning light, some have sensors on the resovoirs to indicate a low level. his description sorta fits this...

could help if you tell us what car you drive...

even better, just check dam the brake fluid level. then you can eliminate that option if its full. throw us a fukn bone.

That brings on the handbrake light.

Matt

[Mr Revhead]

cheers sparky

[85AW20v]

hey kingcorolla - isn't ae101 like it says in the subject line enough to tell you what sort of car he drives:?: Like Matt says, resistance drops in the old bulbs so the warning light comes on, even if they are still working.