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02 F150

MJBaldwin

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I have an 02 F150 with about 190k on it now. My question is my "Brake" light keeps coming on randomly when I'm going down the road. Once I get to the next stop light or stop sign I engage the parking brake and release it and then it will shut off?

Has anyone else encountered this before?

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Macgyver55 Grand Master

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It's possible your emergency brake is not releasing fully allowing the pedal to slowly drop from vibration as you're going down the road.

First look at the e-brake cables and see if they look loose or have slack in either of them. If so, you have a brake sticking and it should be corrected soon to avoid further damage. An easy test would be putting a small bungy to hold the pedal up and see if that keeps the light off. If not, it could be as simple as being low on brake fluid causing the light to come on.

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