Handbrake / Parking Brake light

Post Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:06 pm

That fun P on the instrument cluster...how do I go about making it go off when I release the handbrake?

For some reason my light is on all of the time. I found the 'switch' on the handbrake for it but fiddling with it, all I can do is dim the light a little. The car is in for it's MOT on Sat and I figure this is probably something I should fix and I can't find anything in the wiki about it and for some reason am only able to look at one page of search results on the forum.

I know there is one 'solution' I saw on line which was to remove the bulb from the IC, but that isn't fixing the actual problem, just hiding it.

Post Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:19 am

Just thinking about it mine went through an MOT with this issue. I think mine was caused when the wire that connects it to the hand brake was disconnected for some reason.

Post Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:09 am

It should only come on if a) it is connected to the switch b) there is a short somewhere.

I found this elsewhere:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ?t=1157562

Seems to suggest that I should d/c the cable and see what happens. I'll probably end up putting it in for the MOT with the light on I just suspect if my tester is fussy (wasn't on my Mondeo) then it'll fail.