406HDi Handbrake

[Steve Haynes]

Hi

Purchased a HDi on a V plate. When I put the handbrake on a beep and the display show low brake fluid level. Checked the fluid chamber and level is ok.

Any ideas or has this happened to you?

Thanks

Steve

 

[Nik Andy]

I thought the handbrake was a totally unrelated system to the footbrake on the 406???

Andy

 

[Keith Willcocks]

I thought the handbrake was a totally unrelated system to the footbrake on the 406???

Andy

On my 406 the brake pad light (like a circle in brackets with an exclamation mark in the middle) comes on when the handbrake is applied. This is normal, both my 405's did it as well.

Keith Willcocks

 

[Triple-S]

Apologies because this is not really an answer, but... do you mean he central display? Mine beeps and comes up 'handbrake on' when I pull the handbrake... at 60mph! Well, anything over about 5mph I guess. It will also show 'low fuel level'.

Does anyone know what else it shows?

 

[Bubbles2]

Steve

This is a well known fault - It is basically a faulty handrake switch which even replaced by a peugeot dealer only costs about £35 to replace and takes 30 mins to do.

 

[wimbledon]

Mine does all the above and also the STOP light stays on until engine switched on. Is this also a fault?