Brake/Park Brake Indicator: Description
A brake indicator is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. See Fig 1. This indicator is located near the lower edge of the speedometer gauge dial face in the instrument cluster.
The brake indicator consists of stencil-like cutouts of the text "BRAKE" and the International Control and Display Symbol icon for "Brake Failure" in the opaque layer of the instrument cluster overlay. The dark outer layer of the overlay prevents the indicator from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated. A red Light Emitting Diode (LED) behind the cutout in the opaque layer of the overlay causes the "BRAKE" text and the icon to appear in red through the translucent outer layer of the overlay when the indicator is illuminated from behind by the LED, which is soldered onto the instrument cluster electronic circuit board. The brake indicator is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.