Bongo Fury

My 2002 Freda has an intermittment fault where the hand brake indicator light will come on for up to a minute intermittently when driving (normally after actual braking), and go off again.Anyone any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks.

Underneath the plastic center console between the seats - there should be a small push switch with connector/screw at the rear of the handbrake. Check the connection, it may be loose - mine was - prevented me from raising the roof!

Sounds like Brake fluid level dropped..... probably due to worn Brake Pads... best check both of these...

I don't recall seeing a level sensor on the side of the master cylinder, but this is a good place to start the checks. There are no brake pad wear sensors fitted so that can be ruled out.

Thanks for all your suggestions. Fluid and pads seem okay, so will check the connection.

Cheers

We had exactly this issue....but on a 1998 Mazda 323f.
All that was needed to fix it was topping up the brake fluid reservoir.
I reckon this is your issue as the light only came on in the 323 when driving and using the brakes.

Thanks for that. My brake fluid reservoir is about half way between the min and max marks, so I thought that was okay, but I will try topping up anyway to see if that gets rid of the problem.

Cheers

Paul

Hi Paul,

The fault sounds like it could be a Vacuum and or Vacuum switch problem, best to get this checked out ASAP.
The Vac switch is on the front ,top , right hand side of the brake servo unit.

From this thread.... http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... ht#p595980

Mikewalsall's post.... Shows a connector into the master cylinder..... haven't looked at mine but will do tomorrow..... out of interest

I would be very surprised if your vehicle did not have this Safety device, even the Japanese fitted them as standard.

teenmal wrote:I would be very surprised if your vehicle did not have this Safety device, even the Japanese fitted them as standard.

Indeed..... all I was indicating was that it has been said in a thread that there is a level sensor for the Brake fluid and that I hadn't noticed one on mine ( as I have never looked for one) ....needless to say I took a look at mine.

It turns out that the simplest explanation was correct. My brake fluid needed topped-up, even though the reservoir indicator was okay.

Thanks for all your help.

I've checked mine today and can confirm there is a low level sensor on the offside of the reservoir. It looks to be quite a bit below the Min level line.

Paul Eden wrote:It turns out that the simplest explanation was correct. My brake fluid needed topped-up, even though the reservoir indicator was okay.

Thanks for all your help.

Always best to start with the simple things when investigating a problem.....

Glad the top up was all that was needed....

But.....why was it low. I've never needed to top mine up in 7+ years.