teslacoil
Junior Member
Hi,
2006 Ram 5.7. The parking brake warning light on the instrument cluster is turning on at random while being driven, and when it does the computer is signaling the chime to activate in tandem with every time the warning light flashes. Sometimes I will drive the truck and the parking brake warning light stays off the whole time, and others it stays on. It also sometimes activates when I hit a bump on the road, and of course the chime activates every time this happens which is a bit annoying. I don't think the problem is within the parking brake assembly because the E-brake pedal fully disengages when the E-brake disengagement lever is pulled, and when driving the truck with the parking brake partially depressed, even slightly, the brake warning light flashes on and off (not at random like I am describing above). So this is telling me the sensor in that assembly is probably working like it should. There is no play or sagging of the E-brake pedal.
One thing that I will note is the cluster's RPM gauge doesn't work and the airbag warning light always is illuminated. I know there have been cluster failure issues with 3rd gen Rams. Sometimes the tach works for a few miles in colder weather or at random, but usually it always just stays at 0. It's something I just learned to live with as I didn't want to spend the money to fix a fairly trivial issue. But now that I think about it, I am wondering if it's a faulty cluster that's causing the brake warning light to activate as I described above, or should I look elsewhere?
2006 Ram 5.7. The parking brake warning light on the instrument cluster is turning on at random while being driven, and when it does the computer is signaling the chime to activate in tandem with every time the warning light flashes. Sometimes I will drive the truck and the parking brake warning light stays off the whole time, and others it stays on. It also sometimes activates when I hit a bump on the road, and of course the chime activates every time this happens which is a bit annoying. I don't think the problem is within the parking brake assembly because the E-brake pedal fully disengages when the E-brake disengagement lever is pulled, and when driving the truck with the parking brake partially depressed, even slightly, the brake warning light flashes on and off (not at random like I am describing above). So this is telling me the sensor in that assembly is probably working like it should. There is no play or sagging of the E-brake pedal.
One thing that I will note is the cluster's RPM gauge doesn't work and the airbag warning light always is illuminated. I know there have been cluster failure issues with 3rd gen Rams. Sometimes the tach works for a few miles in colder weather or at random, but usually it always just stays at 0. It's something I just learned to live with as I didn't want to spend the money to fix a fairly trivial issue. But now that I think about it, I am wondering if it's a faulty cluster that's causing the brake warning light to activate as I described above, or should I look elsewhere?
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