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Old 02-28-2015, 11:24 AM
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Parking brake light randomly comes on

Truck is a 97 F350 reg cab 4x4. Recently the parking brake light will randomly come on for a few minutes. Fluid is full and brakes still feel normal. Sometimes the light will dim before going off. Only started doing this recently when its been pretty cold out. Any ideas on what to look at?
 
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Old 02-28-2015, 12:27 PM
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I just made a thread about missing dummy lights, check it out good info
 
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Check the connections on the parking brake pedal switch. You can also check switch with a ohm meter.
 
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Originally Posted by ralbery
Truck is a 97 F350 reg cab 4x4. Recently the parking brake light will randomly come on for a few minutes. Fluid is full and brakes still feel normal. Sometimes the light will dim before going off. Only started doing this recently when its been pretty cold out. Any ideas on what to look at?
This happened twice to my '97. Turned out to be a weak vacuum pump
 
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Old 02-28-2015, 06:35 PM
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I would start with checking for vacuum leaks
 
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