the s2k blog

My brake light came on in my dash recently even though the hand brake was clearly down. I was afraid that something was wrong with the hand brake sensor, but I realized that the beeping sound (from leaving the hand brake up) wasn’t sounding, so i figured it was something else. As it turns out there is a separate sensor for brake fluid that also triggers that same light. I topped off the reservoir with some Dot 3/4 fluid and the light has gone away.

Just wanted to share in case anyone runs into the same confusing situation.

My buddy parked his s2000 in a restaurant parking lot the other day and the lot was on a bit of incline. He was in a hurry and apparently didn’t leave the car in gear. The parking brake didn’t hold (i’ve noticed that you really need to pull the hell out of it to keep the car in place) and the car rolled back and hit another car. So yeh, make sure that you leave the car in gear when parking on a hill, and give the ebrake a good pull.