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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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So lately my emergency brake light and low fuel light have started to flash on and off totally randomly. We have been suffering wet weather but I think this is too weird to be just that. So I do not think the sensors are outputing the signal but is there anything else that would cause these lights to trip out?



There isn't a specific time these come on like when I look at it from the back seat while picking my nose as a seagull flys by, totally random and for undifined amounts of time.

These all run through the ecu i take it? Should I start there for a loose connection?
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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get the wiring diagram from hyundaitechinfo.com as well as the component locations, and follow the wires from one end to the other. You might have to set up a mirror or something or have a helper, to see if/when the lights come on.
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Both turned out to be mechanical. The fuel level signal must be pooched, but the master cylinder was very low.
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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So where is the leak?
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 02:49 PM
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Leak? the brakes you mean? Botched a piston in the left rear, and apparently I have been grinding done a line with a wheel.
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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At least you know . . .
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