Brake light on, and now it brakes diff.

[CamaroRider]

Hey guys , im a lil bit concerned. My brakes started going bad, which i knew i had to get new ones, But now one day my brake light came on along with its function of braking is now diff. And now when i brake i have to use about 80% of my brake pedal in order for it to actually slow down my car. when i go driving and get out my brakes are really hot. And with that my eBrake works alot better, its like they two swapped or something.. i just need some help.. oh and i put brake fuild in and nothing happened :(

[DevinLooney]

When you say you need new brakes, did u just mean pads or...? The light won't come on when you need pads or rotors. It's sounds like you have air in your brake lines, or something more serious like a booster or master cylinder is on it's last days.

[terminaldegree]

If I recall correctly, the "brake" light means one of three things:
-your e-brake is on
-your brake fluid is low
-you have a SERIOUS braking system failure, and only half of the brake system is working now.

It sounds like you're in category three. I wouldn't fool around with this if I were you. Get it taken care of. Replacing the wear parts of the braking system is not difficult on our cars-- just have someone around who has done a brake job before. Unfortunately, it sounds like your problem may be more serious than that...

[hockeyman]

Maybe air in the lines, but like mentioned above; Don't play around with this! If your brakes give-out, your F'd at any speed!

[IceBird]

Lets just hope its not your ABS. That could get costly...

[CamaroRider]

Thnks guys for your help, i appreciate it alot. For some reason i went away yesterday. i cleaned my motor(wipped off dirt), added coolent, a lil bit of oil, added gas treatment, and put windsheild wiper fluid.... then i accidentally drove for about 20 sec with my eBrake up, realized it (while driving), then put it down, and the light was gone and my braking was back to normal [img]graemlins/banana.gif[/img] ...weird, but thanks again!