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rear anti lock and e-brake lights

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#1 ·
for the last few weeks ill be driving and ill look down and my rear antilock and ebrake light will be on.


my ebrake wont be engaged and i can pull on the release and it has no effect.


i can turn the truck off and the light will go away.


any ideas? not hurting anything as long as i make sure my ebrake is off right?
 
#2 ·
IIRC, your problem is with the abs system, and not just the parking brake. The electrical connector on the brake master cylinder gets oil on it from a leaking master cylinder cap. I disconnected it, and sprayed electrical contact cleaner on both male, and female connector parts, and made sure I cleaned it up real good with a q-tip , and my light turned off. I also heard of the ABS sensor on top of the housing going bad if it breaks apart inside the diff housing, but mine only has rear abs, and not front. My two cents. I may also have had to bleed the brakes to get rid of it, but can't exactly remember.