Permanent handbrake light on and total loss of foot pedal and breaking

[Seat-Chris]

Right, i got in my car this morning after releasing the handbrake i noticed the warning light stayed on so i thought it mite just be the handbrake sticking a little so i took no notice of it, everything was fine until i was 2 miles away from work, i came up to a long left hander and went to apply the brakes and there was nothing !!!! i got to work in one piece with no breaks some how !!!
After a little investigation the only thing i could find wrong was that the fluid was a little below minimum i had a quik chek of my brake lines behind the wheels and they were all fine, the car has drums on the back and ive got it down to bieng the cylinders leaking
Do any of you guys/gals agree or could it be something else ???

 

[s1l3nc3r]

If the fluid is low and the light it on then it could be a leak.

top it up asap.

and then give it a look over for any fluid coming from anywhere..

 

[Seat-Chris]

mmmmm i was going to do this monday when i got to work where the car is, cba to do it this weekend just keep topping it up itll be fine hahaha

 

[suj]

do you really want to take that risk mate? next time you could not be so lucky! i would check it ASAP!

 

[s1l3nc3r]

cba to do it this weekend just keep topping it up itll be fine hahaha

Yea.

Not like brakes are important or anything...

 

[M1KEH]

The light on is connected to the low fluid sensor.

 

[CraigW]

Definetely sounds like it could be the cylinders in the drums. I had a similar problem about 5 months ago. Fluid level dropping really quickly. On further investigation thats what it turned out to be.

 

[Seat-Chris]

do you really want to take that risk mate? next time you could not be so lucky! i would check it ASAP!

I were joking mate thats why i left it at work and got picked up on friday im goin into work early tomorrow (got to cycle ) to strip it down and see whats what.

 

[suj]

I were joking mate thats why i left it at work and got picked up on friday im goin into work early tomorrow (got to cycle ) to strip it down and see whats what.

oh, sorry must of missed the (internet) sarcasm
yeah sounds like what craig said, just a little opening of the drum might leak oil out, so then you know the problem

hope it gets sorted mate! i know how hard it is without a car, just got mine working after a bloody month!