Red Brake Warning Lamp

DESCRIPTION
The red BRAKE warning lamp is located in the instrument panel cluster and is used to indicate a low brake fluid condition, the parking brake being applied or that the antilock brake system has a fault but could not turn on the amber ABS warning lamp. In addition, the brake warning lamp is turned on as a bulb check by the ignition switch when the ignition switch is placed in the crank position.

OPERATION
The warning lamp bulb is supplied a 12-volt ignition feed anytime the ignition switch is on. The bulb is then illuminated by completing the ground circuit either through the fluid level switch in the master cylinder reservoir, the parking brake warning lamp switch mounted on the parking brake lever, the ignition switch when in the crank position or by the mechanical instrument cluster in the situation when the ABS CAB cannot illuminate the amber ABS warning lamp.