Bobjen07 0 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I own a 95 Celica st, 1.8. 5 speed manual. the other day I noticed that my parking brake light started staying on... in conjunction with this at the same time the cruise control stopped working. parking brake works fine, nice and tight and no problems releasing. Cruise light comes on, but neither the set or the accelerate function makes the cruise initiate. Has anyone else had this issue and how did you fix it? Thank you, Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bullies17 0 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Bobjen, I would probably start with the brake switch/Clutch switch area, there is a shim that is attached to the bottom of your clutch pedal. That green shim allows for the switch side of the pedal to be pressed in correctly, it is known to break. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_DCcYQg97E Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Konrad C 961 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Check the brake fluid level first. After that, check the parking brake switch. I viewed a video that confirmed the fluid level is linked to the parking brake (E-brake) light - This could stop the cruise control function, so after any fix of the parking brake light, check the cruise control works. The cruise control is always disabled for safety reasons, when something is wrong with the brakes or emissions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flash22 668 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 the handbrake switch wear out or get gunged up with dust and fluff over the years it a very basic type of switch As above the light comes on as a low fluid level warning too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonac 1 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Check your brake fluid. Fun fact, the parking brake light doubles as a low brake fluid warning! Don't ask me how I found that one out 🙄 EDIT: I just noticed flash22 also suggested the same thing above. Right on man. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Konrad C 961 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 8 hours ago, Sonac said: Check your brake fluid. Fun fact, the parking brake light doubles as a low brake fluid warning! Don't ask me how I found that one out 🙄 EDIT: I just noticed flash22 also suggested the same thing above. Right on man. Actually there now has been three mentions of the brake fluid level. The first cars that I owned, the brake fluid level monitor was in the fluid reservoir cap. There are cables and plug in the cap. The parking brake light has always served has the fluid level warning light! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobjen07 0 Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 A big thank you to everyone who suggested the brake fluid. That’s exactly what it was and now the light is gone and the cruise control works again Fun fact; a few months ago I went to jump start the Battery and the master cylinder cap Was missing. I don’t know how or why but I went to get another one from the junkyard and replaced it. But never thought to top off the fluid level . Then when I finally did replace the Battery I found the old one underneath. How in the world right? Anyways a big thank you to everyone who chipped in and just wanted to let you know that it was in fact the brake fluid level Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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