Autocheck Brake Pad Light

[Brian O']

if your new a/m pads do not have a sensor and your
shop did not plug anything into the sensor wire, the
light is going to come on. you need the old pigtails
from the old pads, cut the wires to about 1 1/2 to 2
inches long, strip the ends and wrap the 2 wires
together. either solder or use a crimper so they stay
together. some a/m pads that do have sensors will set
the light also. bosses wifes 100cs has em, the light
goes off about once a week. audi puts some little
trick in the sensors just to piss people off like that
!!
                                    brian o'
93 90 cs
90 80
89 80
88 944 turbo s ( for sale )


             
--- Ryan Gemmill <Gemmill3 at flashmail.com> wrote:
> Quats,
> 
> Yesterday I had a competent (but not neccesarily
> Audi proficient) shop
> replace the front pads and rotors on my '91 200
> (they do mostly Porsche
> work). Autocheck's brake pad warning light had been
> coming on every time I
> started the car, but never right away when I turned
> on the iginition. It
> always went on a few seconds after the car went into
> motion. The old pads
> were worn to the point where the sensor would be
> triggered. The new pads do
> not have a sensor for Autocheck. Now, the brake pad
> warning light comes on
> the instant I turn on the ignition.
> 
> The shop considered it an electrical problem, but
> that doesn't explain why
> the light comes on so quickly now, and not before.
> I'm leaning towards the
> idea that the sensor wires are not properly tied
> down. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> Ryan Gemmill
> 91 200
> 


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