Check your brake fluid levels, preferably before you drive the car again cos the brakes may not feel fine for long.
The brake warning, stop and bleep is the low fluid warning and usually starts coming on occasionally on hills or corners
If on continuously it means fluid is dangerously low.
The warning does really mean stop.
You also need to get your brakes checked for leaks or low pads.

 

Thanks for that info,checked everything is OK still bleeping and saying Brake Fault.Kwik Fit reckon it's the electric hand brake but it doesn't say that on Dash.

 

Usually handbrake faults refer to parking brake as written message.
If fluid levels okay, may be the sensor in the resvoir

 

Solution!

[FONT=&quot]I know that this thread is old but I came on here as I have just had the same problem. So, now I know what the cause was with my car, I'm letting you know in the hope that it might put your mind at rest.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Symptoms: I was getting the warning 'Braking Fault' displayed on the dash, the [FONT=&quot]'[/FONT]Stop[FONT=&quot]'[/FONT] sign coming on, the service light spanner icon and a beeping sound. All of this was intermittent but by the day I drove to my garage (having stopped using the car in the interim in case the brakes failed on me) it had coincidentally become permanent.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I suspected a brake fluid leak as the problem was intermittent and because the brake fluid had been changed only a month beforehand when the car was serviced - I wondered if the garage might have made a mistake. But I checked beneath the car for leaks and there were none, and I checked the brake fluid reservoir and it seemed OK (it was parked on a slight incline at the time so that did not help - I did not move it to level ground as I had convinced myself that I was wrong). The garage had told me that it was probably the brake pads that needed replacing. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It turned out to be low brake fluid. The garage replaced a split nipple, topped the fluid up and did not charge me.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The relevance is that if you can't get to a garage easily or quickly, and if the fault is intermittent, you could try topping up the brake fluid to see if that cures it. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]A symptom, with hindsight, was that the alarm became more frequent after not using the car for a couple of days (while waiting for the appointment at the garage) - consistent with a fluid leak but inconsistent with brake wear as the car was not being used. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Of course, I can't say that this means your car is safe to drive if you top up the brake fluid. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I hope that this helps. I was very worried.[/FONT]