Newbie here, my golf is constantly beeping 3 times

[Drazen]

Hello!

I am new to owning a car, and this is an used golf mk5 I bought in september last year in Germany. So far everything is good and I absolutely love it, but recently my car started acting up.

It randomly starts showing the (( ! )) icon on the dashboard and beeps 3 times, then the icon flashes for a while (sometimes longer, sometimes shorter), turns off and this repeats. It's pretty annoying and this happened about 10 times in a 20-25 minute ride, so you can imagine how annoying this is. The pauses between the beeps and durations of the icon flashing are totally random to me, I couldn't figure out a pattern. Here's a video I made today, have a look at it (For some reason it's upside down).



Anyone maybe know what's wrong? Thanks in advance for all your replies. And sorry if this has been asked already.

[zollaf]

welcome. that be your brake has a problem warning light. either the handbrake is not fully down or the switch is faulty, the brake fluid is low or a pad is worn and setting the sensor off.

[Drazen]

welcome. that be your brake has a problem warning light. either the handbrake is not fully down or the switch is faulty, the brake fluid is low or a pad is worn and setting the sensor off.

I had the brake pads changed like 2-3 months ago, not sure. Could it be the brake discs instead?

I will check the hand brake tomorrow, is there any way to check the brake fluid level?

[zollaf]

no, only the brake pad has a sensor. you check the brake fluid level by looking at the level in the resevoir.

[Drazen]

no, only the brake pad has a sensor. you check the brake fluid level by looking at the level in the resevoir.

I kinda feel stupid now, thanks for the obvious answer. I will look into it tomorrow and post results!

[Drazen]

It was the brake fluid, the reservoir was a bit under minimum and that's why it was going on and off. Thanks!