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Anonymous Posted on Oct 24, 2013

Brake light on dashboard lights up sporatically; causes the cruise control to shut off.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 14, 2008

SOURCE: Park brake warning light ''on''

some times that light is also used to indicate low brake fluid level in the master cylinder..just a thought

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  • Posted on Jul 15, 2009

SOURCE: anti lock brake light stays on Cruise control

Hi, you need to take the car to a garage so that they can plug in there diag computor to find where the fault is it shouldnt cost much for a diag,
hope this helps you.
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 18, 2009

SOURCE: The interior brake light continually comes on

first check your paeking brake to make sure it is fully released

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