acenase

The Red Brake Light is on in my cluster for my SC400 and it always makes me paranoid thinking my e-brake is up, but it's not. It stays lit the whole trip, sometimes it goes away and comes back but alas it's usually always on.

If I were to just buy some Blue Racing Brake Fluid and fill up the Brake Fluid under my hood would this be good? Or do I really need to take my car into Lexus or a Servicing place to get my brakes bled and flush the fluid and replace??

ChronoJ1

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Usually, filling up the brake fluid reservoir fixes the problem.

Lexmex

You can top off and should not have any problem.

Only time I flush is when I have contaminated fluid.

acenase

Alright cool, thanks. I just wasn't sure if it was OK to just fill in the reservoir. How much should I fill in the reservoir to make sure I'm ok, It's my first time doing all the maintenance things like this to my car so I just want to be sure I don't mess up.

cal9126

check on the side of the brake fluid resivoir.....there is a line which will tell you where to fill it too.....

Sly Guy Yu

y dont u just flush ur system. 2 things can cause the brake light,

1 not enough fluid
2 dirty fluid

i used ATE blue fluid in my car took me about an hour to completely flush it

audi2nr

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also check your brake pads, low fluid level usually means your pads are getting low because the caliper pistons are already pushed out pretty far and the fluid is taking up that space.

acenase

i dont know if I have to change my brake pads as I don't experience the metal-to-metal noise. the only problem I feel with my brake pads is when I press hard on the brakes, the underneath of my foot, the pedal vibrates.

the LS400 brake kit is on my agenda to do...im just gonna get OEM Toyota Pads I guess that's good enough. but i heard i only need to change the front two? what about the back two brakes?