fmjcafe Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Less than 300 miles on our new SXT and the BRAKE warning light came on. Took it to the dealer and they had it three days. Most of the time was spent trying to get a switch that senses the brake fluid level. They ended up taking it off a car in stock and after only one day it happened again. I have an appointment to take it back in on Monday. Anyone else have this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmjcafe Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Update: Took the car to the dealer for service. There is a switch the reads the level of brake fluid in the system that had failed and it thought the system was low triggering the warning light. The part is on backorder so after two days they took one off a car on the dealers lot. 24 hours after picking the car up the BRAKE warning light came on again. I took it back to the dealer today and the part they had ordered for me from the first occurance has yet to arrive so the car sits at the dealer again. While I was with the service writer another Journey pulled in and I saw the owner and another service writer testing the E brake. Same problem as on mine. The service writer told me the part is unique to the Journey. Looks like Chryslers low bid vendor for these parts has bitten them (and me) in the butt. So far, the car has been in the dealers hands longer than it's been in mine so I'm not too happy right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radon360 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Update:Took the car to the dealer for service. There is a switch the reads the level of brake fluid in the system that had failed and it thought the system was low triggering the warning light. The part is on backorder so after two days they took one off a car on the dealers lot. If the on-board diagnostics reported the brake fluid level switch and it tripped again, then I put my bets on it being a loose or faulty connector leading up to that switch as the next possible cause. The light by itself can indicate a number of possible conditions of the brake system. It will illuminate if the parking brake is engaged, the brake fluid level is low, or if there's a problem with the anti-lock brake system. The only way to differentiate between which of these conditions may be the problem, aside from manually checking them out, is to have a diagnostic code reader spit out the reason why it's illuminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada_Jay Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 I had the same issue. It was the brake switch in the reservoir. They replaced it. Journey SXT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I had the same issue. It was the brake switch in the reservoir. They replaced it.Journey SXT They changed mine too when the car was around 10 000km. Now the car is 24 600km and the light is back again. Is it a bad luck or is there a problem with this piece??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLM Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I had the same issue. It was the brake switch in the reservoir. They replaced it.Journey SXT Me too. Reservoir switch had to be replaced a few weeks ago at about 3300 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwirges Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 They changed mine too when the car was around 10 000km. Now the car is 24 600km and the light is back again. Is it a bad luck or is there a problem with this piece??? Hmmm...I had a brake related light come on the other day (the stability control thing). The manual said to see if it stays on through a few on/off cycles and it went out the next time I drove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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