ok for the past like 3 days my hand brake light and battery light have been coming on and off. like today i was driving and it came on i turned the blinker on and it was flash with the blinker... now there just staying on. what could be the problem
From my experience with toyota it could be your alternator either not grounded well therefore not charging or only charging some of the time, or the alternater is on it's way out. This happened to me and my buddies 85 corollas. But be sure to check your brake fluid regularly until you figure it out, one of my buddies thought the had brake switch was loose on his 86 toyota pickup and ignored it for 6,000 miles and then he brakes went completely out
I also had this problem in my 4x4. Mine had a bad alternator, a bad battery cable and one bad battery clamp. It even did have the brake light on with it, so if I were you, I'd have all of them checked, moreso if there's corrosion on the positive post.
and change the voltage regulator. theyre a little pricey sometimes but rarely over 40 bucks. i havent yet since basically redoing my whole charging and starting system. i really need to.
brake light + alt light = just about every toyota ever's "oh snap my alt is toast" dummy light. before you throw parts at it, check with a multimeter, or go to a parts store and have em test it in the car, then take it out and test on the bench. look for frayed wires at the connector on the batt, and back of alt.
im just gonna throw another alternator in it.. i have two just sittin here.. one is almost brand new my brother put it in his truck then the motor blew so ill try that
and as you do that.... clean the ground wire's connector tip thing... and the surface it bolts down to.
