STOP light coming on during/after hard braking

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Sphinx
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STOP light coming on during/after hard braking

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Hi there

Quick question:
The other night I was driving along and thought I'd give the brakes a good test; so I did a few hard braking tests from around 50-60 to a stop. Everything was fine apart from the STOP light came on for a second when almost at a complete stop.
Can anyone shed some light on what might cause this? or is it just normal?

Thanks

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Xaccers
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What condition is your accumulator sphere in? How long between it's ticks?
Is your LHM level correct?
Is your coolant level correct?
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It's almost certainly the LHM sloshing about.
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I would go for LHM level too.
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reblack68 wrote:It's almost certainly the LHM sloshing about.
I would say it's usually the accumulator sphere. LHM sloshing around shouldn't bring the light on at normal driving height unless the level is very low.
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mine had been coming on for a couple of days topped coolant up solved that problem got to sort out now where fluid is going
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Re: stop light

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poggle wrote:mine had been coming on for a couple of days topped coolant up solved that problem got to sort out now where fluid is going
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