Brake Warning Light!!!

[sherv]

Hi All,

Last night when I started the wagon as I was about to pull away the brake warning light came on. I stopped the car, all the levels for brake and hydrolic fluid are spot on. I started the car again and all has been fine since. It brakes fine.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Dan

[Fat Audi 80]

Sounds like the standard brake bomb very slow pressure loss scenario that lots of us suffer from. It is not serious.

I would check the brake bomb by doing the following:

After a drive, turn the engine off. Now pump the brake pedal. You should get 40 - 50 or more "pumps" before the pedal goes hard. This will tell you your Bomb can still hold adequate pressure.

The net result is, after standing for a while your car will beep, beep, beep, and show the (!). It is nothing to worry about. just annoying....

Mine has been doing it for nearly 4 years. You get used to it...

HTH

Cheers,

Steve.

[MidnightBlueS2]

Mine has been doing it for nearly 4 years. You get used to it...

HTH

Cheers,

Steve.

Ditto.

[Cullam3n]

I get that with mine since I put the new bomb in. Thought I was leaking fluid as I forgot a washer on the PAS pump but after putting it back the fluid has been the same the last 3 months and brakes are spot on! Light flashes for about 20 seconds if I leave it for more than 12 hours.

I was giving a ride to someone and he's like ooo what's that flashing, I said oh that's the glow plug on the turbo telling me it's warming up

[Animal Mother]

It can also be dodgy ABS cables at your brakes.

[Acidburn]

I was giving a ride to someone and he's like ooo what's that flashing, I said oh that's the glow plug on the turbo telling me it's warming up

Yeah well i thought the performance of yours was equal to a diesel mate

[alg]

Same here. I have only had one postive alarm in 11 years of S2/RS2 ownership. It was low hydraulic fluid in bottle due to exit pipe leaking.
The RS2 always does it after standing now. Passed 'bomb' test last time I checked and all levels OK.
From the way things work i.e. the bomb is a passive backup & and the lights always goes out immediately after touching brake pedal again my guess is slowly dying bomb, although it could be the connections/sensors for the brake & hydraulic bottle levels.

[jamie.neilson]

Mine started doing it today, pumped the pedal well over 30 times and no stiff pedal!

Just one of those things I guess!

[alg]

SOLVED FOR LESS THAN £5.00. The contacts on the brake fluid bottle socket die & you can get a replacement socket that clips on. Talk to vagparts. Not a single false alarm for 6 weeks (used to be every other day)