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E-brake light flahses after turns in cold

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Old 01-23-2008, 05:23 AM
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Default E-brake light flahses after turns in cold

Everytime the temperature drops, my car does funny things. I have a 2002 A4 3.0 (auto, tip) and last winter (temperature below 32 and car was sitting parked outside for a few hours), while I was driving my car suddenly started to pull left. It was after about five minutes of driving so I naturally thought it was a flat tire. The AAA guy though it was a loose ball joint in my front-driver axel. We were both wrong. Turns out the emergency brake aws engaged only on the driver side. The dealer mechanics said the weather caused the cables to freeze in locked position, however, i had never engaged the e-brake in the three months I owned the car, much less that night.
Which brings me to my current situation. When the temperature is low and my car is left outside, the e-brake light will flash after taking turns and other sporadic times. The car does not pull either way and the e-brake lever is down. I was hoping someone knew of a cause for this
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Low on brake fluid
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Default Agreed. FWIW, water getting in the ebrake and freezing is known issue. Interesting to hear it can...

happen even if you don't use the ebrake.
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