Parking Brake light

[archb]

Why might my parking brake light at my gauge cluster be staying on all the time. When I release my brake it, very quickly, blinks off. While driving, it does not seam to be applied, since the truck seams to have good power.

 

[RyanD2]

On my previous truck, 98, I remember that I would have to "wiggle" the parking brake a bit from side to side, then the light would go off. Also at times I would have to put the parking brake on then release it a few times. Possibly a connection issue, but thats just my experience.

 

[Explorin94]

The brake light will also stay on when your brake fluid reservoir gets low.

 

[archb]

i'll look at both of those, thanks for the help...

 

[snake]

Yep. Check the fluid.

When my truck was a few months old that damn light stayed on a lot as well- there is a switch that looks like a nail down there on the parking brake mechanism, I had to shoot that bastard with contact cleaner. I did this once and the problem hasn't reocurred in 5 1/2 years so far.