My daughter has a bad habit of driving her F150 with the e-brake on. She tells me that sometimes the red "BRAKE' light doesn't come on so she forgets it and just drives around town, burning up the brakes quickly. My wife does the same thing on her car but her problem is she can't see small things without her glasses, and that is compounded by her color-blindness. I believe the brake light switch on my daughter's F150 is up under the dash behind the e-brake mount, which is a bear to get to, and even if i change the switch, I don't think it will stop my daughter from ignoring the light on the dash. So I was thinking of rigging up some kind of buzzer to let my daughter know the e-brake is on. I am guessing my daughter will not want the buzzer on while listening to the radio so I am pretty sure this would get her to release the brake. I could also use an e-brake buzzer on my wife's car for the same reason. I looked a bit on the internet and couldn't find anything soIi thought I would ask around to see if anyone knows of something for sale, or if anyone has had a similar problem. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

https://www.alliedelec.com/product/m...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...warning+buzzer

 

 

91 db?
Trying to deafen her?
First time that goes off in the cab there will be a head shaped dent in the roof from how far they jumped.

 

Guarantee that she won't forget to release it that way. Lol. You can adjust down the sound on many of the truck buzzers. Most buses, trucks, equipment have warning buzzers for oil pressure and many other things. That's also why I posted the second link with all the universal ones.

 

When daughter was learning , I let her drive a trip on the interstate one time. After about a hundred miles we needed to stop for gas. I looked over and the brake light was on.

$500 for mandatory driving school in my state, it doesn't even tell them to release the parking brake..... She had no idea what the light was for but drove anyway

 

Thanks akdoggie! This buzzer should work. Now I just have to figure out how to wire up and rig up some kind of switch (on the brake pedal) that will go off if the truck is started and the brake is still depressed. And a way to mount it.. Any ideas on how how to rig something like that up?

 

Do you just want it on anytime the parking brake is down or only if in REV / Drive with park brake down?

 

If a light comes on, and they ignore it, paying for new brakes will tend to cure them of the ignorance.

Our youngest drove our minivan. Knew the gas gauge was iffy. Knew the range of miles it could drive, and drove it too far. Ran out of gas, but faulty gauge implied other issue. Split tow with him, split diagnostic charge. A week later he ran it dry again. He paid to replace fuel pump with new sender gauge, because it was 100% his fault. Has never run out of gas again...

If a red light is on, and ignored, they should not be driving...