Low brake fluid warning

[raccoon]

Good morning everyone. On my 406 I keep getting a "low brake fluid level" warning text on the radio display, (when it was working that is) when the handbrake is applied. I know the fluid is ok so I think it must be the switch on the handbrake lever. Is it easy to disconect the wires so I dont get it all the time. Or is it possibly just the switch out of position a bit. Any info greatly recieved and a pint if I see you down the pub. Cheers everyone.

[steve_earwig]

The handbrake switches are famous for getting a bit ropey in their old age, the standard cure seems to be to wang the lever up and down a few dozen times. Just make sure no-one's watching

Mine's a pint of scotch

[DaiRees]

wang

Now there's a word I haven't heared for ages

[Welly]

yeah, just work it like a mad man and it'll stop the problem for ages.

[waue1978]

Be warned though, that this doesn't always work. It didn't with mine so I ended up changing the part. It costs less than £5 from Peugeot & is worth doing. Takes less than 1hr, but is a bit fiddly. When you see the old switch compared to the new one you soon see why it causes a problem.

The switch is at the very back of the centre console under the rear of the handbrake & when the handbrake is released, a little plunger rises. Whenthe handbrake is applied, it should push the plunger down, but it quite often can miss the plunger altogether as the original item has a very small surface area. The modified item has a large flat piece on top to prevent this from happening.

Here is the How To Guide that I used to do mine:

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=11723&hilit=centre+console+removal

[moodybluetwo]

This happened to me ….so I changed the switch. Then after a year it went again..so I pulled the plug off the switch ...no more fluid warning...and I can tell if the handbrake is on..the car doesn’t move !

[raccoon]

Thanks for the how to do it sheet waue1978. Now its down to me to get my arse into gear and get these jobs done. Thanks everyone for your remedies and input.