Intermittent brake warning light/sound

briskbeats

Have a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage which has done 23-24k miles.

Yesterday (8/7) I drove about 6 miles in two journeys and most of the time, had a warning beep and sometimes the brake warning light came on. It was very annoying esp as in stop/start traffic for half of the miles I drove

Today, I didn’t have this experience and drove 10 miles in two journeys.

I’m worried that the situation i had on 8/7 will occur again.

What caused this? Anything I can do? Not brilliant in what’s under the bonnet.

Alter_ego

Check brake fluid level.

Also check for brake fluid leaks

daveyjp

When was the last time anyone looked at the brakes?

Low fluid, low brake pads are the obvious two things to look at and do it tomorrow, but not by going to a fast fit centre.

Driving around with brake warnings isn't a good idea.

briskbeats

Will have a look at brake fluid levels in a few days time. I can walk to work 

oldagetraveller1

briskbeats said:

Will have a look at brake fluid levels in a few days time. I can walk to work 

I would advise checking other levels too, like engine oil, coolant etc. while you are under the bonnet!

Maybe check tyres condition and pressures at the same time?

born_again

briskbeats said:

Have a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage which has done 23-24k miles.

Yesterday (8/7) I drove about 6 miles in two journeys and most of the time, had a warning beep and sometimes the brake warning light came on. It was very annoying esp as in stop/start traffic for half of the miles I drove

Today, I didn’t have this experience and drove 10 miles in two journeys.

I’m worried that the situation i had on 8/7 will occur again.

What caused this? Anything I can do? Not brilliant in what’s under the bonnet.

Perhaps take it to be serviced?

Carrying on after getting brake warnings is not really a good idea without getting them checked..  Wonder how annoying hitting something when they failed would make you feel...

facade

Was it definitely a brake warning? If it was, get them looked at.

However, not long after I got the woeful Renault Nissan, I had a frightening intermittent beeping sound all the way to work one morning, that happened whenever I turned a corner. I never got to see what lights came on with it, as I was always too busy with not crashing to look down, and no lights stayed on.

Cutting to the chase, it was because I had put my bag on the passenger seat with a couple of extra binders inside. It just wasn't quite heavy enough to register as a person in a straight line, but the slight extra weight from cornering forces was enough to make it register as a passenger, and the beeping was the "The passenger hasn't fastened their seatbelt!!!!!" alarm.

molerat

facade said:

Was it definitely a brake warning? If it was, get them looked at.

However, not long after I got the woeful Renault Nissan, I had a frightening intermittent beeping sound all the way to work one morning, that happened whenever I turned a corner. I never got to see what lights came on with it, as I was always too busy with not crashing to look down, and no lights stayed on.

Cutting to the chase, it was because I had put my bag on the passenger seat with a couple of extra binders inside. It just wasn't quite heavy enough to register as a person in a straight line, but the slight extra weight from cornering forces was enough to make it register as a passenger, and the beeping was the "The passenger hasn't fastened their seatbelt!!!!!" alarm.

Makes you wonder why they have some of the warnings.  I once had an annoying ping ping noise but couldn't see a warning - it was in fact the door was not closed but was covered up by the one telling me the seatbelts were fastened - do I really need to know that !