brake wear warning disable

[Jim Dupree]

On my 5kt it was simply a broken wire in the harness about 3 inches from the
connector for the right frt pad sensor. The harness was secured to the strut
with a clamp and the wire broke right there. A simple splice and some shrink
tube and plugged back in the sensor.
Jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
To: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>;
<v6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:52 PM
Subject: RE: brake wear warning disable


> Kent;
>
> When I had this problem on my '94 S4 the female terminals inside the body
> side connector were corroded past redemption. I had to cut the terminals
off
> and splice the wires together for a temporary fix and splice in new
> terminals to restore wear sensor function. The o-rings flatten out with
age
> and let water into the connector.
>
> HTH
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Kent McLean
> Sent: July 23, 2004 12:33 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com; v6-12v at audifans.com
> Subject: brake wear warning disable
>
>
> I'm about to take my 4-week old '94 100 S on a 2000 mile
> round trip from NH to SC. The brake pad wear indicator light
> is glowing. For the trip, I've taped over the warning light
> with some nice black electrical tape.  :-)
>
> I understand you can jump the connectors to disable it, but
> ... how?
>
> I've disconnected the wiring (1/2" thick connector, held in
> place with a push clip), to expose a 3 hole plug (female on
> the car side, male on the brake side). [1] A finger inside
> the male side and I feel 2 pins. I've pushed a paper clip
> into the corresponding female sockets. I did this to both
> left and right front brakes.  The warning light still glows.
>
> Q1. Do I have the right procedure?
> Q2. Are there sensors on the rear brakes?
>
> [1] As I think about it, this wouldn't be the ABS wiring,
> would it? I don't think my low-content Audi has ABS.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 Audi 100 S Avant, V6-12v FWD automatic
> '89 Audi 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
>
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