FIAT Punto II (1999 - 2006) - 04 1.2 Handbrake warning light intermitent show

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Thu 28 Aug 2008 22:20
04 1.2 Handbrake warning light intermitent show - Halmer
My wife's Punto has developed an issue where when you brake hard the red handbrake warning light comes on sometimes for 5 or 10 seconds and then goes out.

I've checked the brake fluid which is OK and the the handbrake lever was fully down when this happened. I can't see any other issues that this could relate to according to the manual.

As far as I know the 1.2 Active model does not have brake wear indicators but I may be wrong and it could be this.

Does anyone have any ideas please?
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Thu 28 Aug 2008 23:09
04 1.2 Handbrake warning light intermitent show - Screwloose

Are you 100% sure about the brake fluid; it may be in two divided sections - one full, one....
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Fri 29 Aug 2008 08:58
04 1.2 Handbrake warning light intermitent show - Halmer
Will check screwloose but think that it's just one container.

Thanks for replying.
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Fri 29 Aug 2008 13:41
04 1.2 Handbrake warning light intermitent show - Halmer
Having had a closer look it looks like the feeder filter is partially blocked hence the actual fluid level is less than it looks.
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