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gmornin well im at work and just had a call from my partner and she tells me "theres a light on the dash " its the exclamation mark light " . so i get her to check for oil and water its not making any funny noises so.....off she goes and all is ok , the light goes off but does stay on lot longer than usual .so my question is what does this "!" actually sense im mech minded and am able to do most. i imagine it checks oil ,water .oxy/flow /and its a subaru liberty 1992 4wd wagon auto 2.2 /..what do i need to check or do things get a bit slow in the cold ? please help /many thanks ...chris

hand brake light maybe?

pretty sure its handbrake light, there's an oil pressure light (looks like an oil can) for oil and the 'check engine' light will come up with there is anything wrong elsewhere... is the ! surround by brackets, ie (!)? Could just be a loose connection or a dodgy senson... check the manual that's available from here as to where the handbrake sensor is and how to check it.

thanks ,got her to check that . our car has "P" for the hand brake light .?

could be low brake fluid level warning

niterida wrote:could be low brake fluid level warning

That'll be what it is. Australia is the only country that requires vehicles to have a hand brake light - hence why the (!) symbol lights up on new models, instead of putting another light on the dash to say the hand brake is on, car manufactures use the brake warning light instead. My GF's VT has it...

It should be right if you top up the brake fluid.

Cheers

Bennie

Yep Gen 2 Lib has that - its hand brake light or low brake fluid light as well.
Cheers
AP

thank you to all who replied with constructive answers i can confirm that the (!) light on the dash does in fact indicate low brake fluid on my car (it was on 3/4 full but topping it up fixed the light on problem ,)
so (!) is low brakefluid
P is park brake

many thanks

Now the question is - why is it low on brake fluid? may indicate a leak somewhere, as brake fluid should not generally go down.

GTlegs wrote:Now the question is - why is it low on brake fluid? may indicate a leak somewhere, as brake fluid should not generally go down.

That I what I said to myself this morning... I would investigate this area to be safe - why it dropped the level? Is there something wrong in the system and would get it checked out. I would be concerned if there was some air in the lines.. or dirt?
Cheers
AP

when your pads wear u need more brake fluid to full up the pistons space the brake calarpars .