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park and warning light

Steve Bramhall

Steve Bramhall

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Hi,

my park and warning light intermittently comes on...very annoying whilst driving. Pull up the handbrake slightly and the light goes out. Also the lights do not now light up when the handbrake is on. What could be causing this? My car was recently in for paintwork and I guess they had the wheels off etc.. where should I start to look to fix this?

thanks
Steve
 
I had this problem on a 944 years ago. Removed the switch at the base of the handbrake lever in the cab and cleaned the contacts. Never re-occured after this. Worth a try.
 
Steve

It was easy on a 944 as handbrake was to the right by the door sill.

I would start by removing the cassette holder at rear of the handbrake housing that mine has and then seeing if I could locate the switch using a torch. I would then remove the other trim around the lever to gain access.

I would always start with a small spray of WD40 into the switch before dismantling further (honest, its great stuff for switches!!) and go from there.
 
[FONT=verdana,geneva"]John - I had the same experience a short while after getting my 993. A knackered handbrake switch/sensor. I had mine replaced by the OPC - still under warranty. Halcyon days :)[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
John,
I had the same problem with my 993 a couple of years ago. In my experience the switch will be O.K. There is a copper strip that is pressed into a slot in a piece of plastic to the rear of the handbrake pivot. When you pull up the handbrake the copper strip is contacted and the circuit is made, the handbrake light then comes on. The copper strip works loose after a period of time and falls out of the slot which then allows erratic signals.

Remove the cassette/cd holder and remove rear centre console around handbrake. This will then give you access to the offending part. Bend the copper strip a little before you replace it to put a bit of tension on the fit in the slot.

Regards,

Mark Thompson
 
ORIGINAL: tudorbroach

There is a copper strip that is pressed into a slot in a piece of plastic to the rear of the handbrake pivot.
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Jings, that's a bit Heath Robinson isn't it? I seem to remember doing something similar to make a brake light on my pushbike when I was about ten.

 
Maybe, but thats how simple the part is! Steve, if you have not had a go yet you will find the illustration on page 202 of the parts manual. Part 7 pushes into part 3.
See :- http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf/originalparts/en/E_993_KATALOG.pdf

 
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