When the ignition is on, the brake system warning lightwill also come on when you set your parking brake.The light will stay on if your parking brake doesn’trelease fully. If it stays on after your parking brake isfully released, it means you have a brake problem.If the light comes on while you are driving, pull off theroad and stop carefully. You may notice that the pedal isharder to push. Or, the pedal may go closer to thefloor. It may take longer to stop. If the light is still on,have the vehicle towed for service. SeeTowingYour Vehicle on page 4-31.{CAUTION:Your brake system may not be workingproperly if the brake system warning light ison. Driving with the brake system warning lighton can lead to an accident. If the light is stillon after you have pulled off the road andstopped carefully, have the vehicle towed forservice.Anti-Lock Brake System WarningLightWith the anti-lock brakesystem, the light will comeon when your engine isstarted and may stay onfor several seconds.That’s normal.If the ABS warning light comes on and stays on, theremay be a problem with the antilock portion of thebrake system. If the red BRAKE light is not on, you stillhave brakes, but you don’t have antilock brakes.SeeBrake System Warning Light on page 3-39.If the light stays on, turn the ignition to OFF. If the lightcomes on when you’re driving, stop as soon aspossible and turn the ignition off. Then start the engineagain to reset the system. If the light still stays on,or comes on again while you’re driving, your vehicleneeds service. If the regular brake system warning lightisn’t on, you still have brakes, but you don’t haveanti-lock brakes. If the regular brake system warninglight is also on, you don’t have anti-lock brakesand there’s a problem with your regular brakes.SeeBrake System Warning Light on page 3-39.3-40
