Parking Brake Lamp

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Originally Posted by Portmod7

Pretty sure the brake lamp you are talking about is triggered by a pressure switch near the master cylinder on the engine side of the firewall.

In short, it's not a "parking brake lamp", its a light to alert you that something is wrong in your hydraulic, main braking system.

I agree with the above.

The switch located on the top of the brake pedal is to activate the rear tail lights.