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I had the Check Brakes warning message come in today and the car wouldn't start. After checking a few things and trying to stop/restart/waiting about 10 minutes I rolled up the windows and was preparing to call AAA for a tow, when I started thinking the windows were going up a bit slower than normal.
Long story short, the 12v battery was drained after my son sat inside listening to the radio for about 35-40 minutes before his baseball game. Got a jump from a friend and drove it home.
I'm assuming that the lower voltage in the 12v battery wasn't enough to get everything up and running and it threw out the check brakes code. I think it would have made more sense to indicate that the battery voltage was low. I didn't have my meter, but it was at 12.4v when I got home.
Hopefully this will help someone out!
Long story short, the 12v battery was drained after my son sat inside listening to the radio for about 35-40 minutes before his baseball game. Got a jump from a friend and drove it home.
I'm assuming that the lower voltage in the 12v battery wasn't enough to get everything up and running and it threw out the check brakes code. I think it would have made more sense to indicate that the battery voltage was low. I didn't have my meter, but it was at 12.4v when I got home.
Hopefully this will help someone out!