Does Exhaust brake activate brake lights?
I have a 2008 Monaco Diplomat and when the Exhaust Brake activates my brake lights don't come on. I mention this because in my 2005 Cayman the Exhaust Brake activated the motor home brake lights so th...
Forum Discussion
MRUSA wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:
An exhaust or Jake brake is basically just duplicating the inherent compression braking of a gas engine. I don't see any reason for turning on the brake lights every time you lift your foot with either engine.
Not exactly. Some Jake brakes have as many as three levels of braking which can be selected by the driver. Some of those levels are much stronger than a gas engine's compression braking.
Ok, I'll agree that at the higher braking levels, the lights are more useful.
