HELP: brakelight & STOPlight flickers while driving

[maz172cup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPAnzO66Rhg

Was driving today and the brakelight & STOPlight was flickering while driving. After a while it stopped flickering and just stayed on all the time, i filmed a short Vid and uploaded it on youtube.

does any have any idea how this can be fixed, i tried playing with the handbrake but no luck

 

[Beef-Mc]

Low brake fluid IIRC.

 

[Da]

Low pads = low fluid

 

[maz172cup]

the brakes seem to be working fine, will i still need to change them?

 

[Da]

If the pads are fine then just top up the fluid, but if the fluid level has dropped (hence the lights) then it generally means your pads are wearing down.

 

[Austin-182]

just top the brake fluid up and it wont happen mate, loads of threads about this and everytime the light stops when people have topped the fluid up

 

[maz172cup]

iv got an MOT coming up soon will this fail, just wanna know how much time i have to sort it out

 

[Austin-182]

if ur pads are nackerd then that would be a fail but the light was on my car and all i did was top the brake fluid up, cost a few quid and the light hasnt been on since, my pads wernt changed till a year after that so must have been fine
loads of threads mate its common all you need to do is top the fluid up, it takes about 2 mins to do