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Check or replace the handbrake switch

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Its always a bad/funcky switch.......I have replaced dozens of them....

996 C4 Cab handbrake alert light switchsuggestion

So I was sitting in the drive through and I pull up the parking brake and the dash light does not go on. So I assume its the switch, but I thought I'd check before I pull out my center console and go trying to replace the brake switch. Can it be a fuse?

Parking brake light/dash swith not working....HELP!suggestion · Original poster

Speaking of under the oddments box. Funny story here the dealer wanted to replace my cars handbrake switch because the light on the dash wouldn't work. After I removed the center console, I found about $20 in change (including foreign coins). Enough lose change wedged in there that it caused the switch to not work.

Handbrake Adjustmentsuggestion

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