Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

[TonyEscobedo]

Nope 178k on the same calipers... pads have been changed a couple of times


On Oct 17, 2011, at 11:15 PM, Max Hoepli wrote:

> 178,000 miles, almost 300,000km and still the original brake pads?!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TonyEscobedo [mailto:TonyEscobedo at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 22:22
> To: Max Hoepli
> Cc: w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com; audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com;
> quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Brake Pad Wear Warning Light
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> I'm having the same issue on my 2000 A6 2.8. I'm taking off the left front
> wheel this weekend to see. It's dirtier than the other wheels so I'm
> guessing its a sticky caliper. After all, the car has 178,000 miles. The
> pads look more worn than the other side so I wonder if the inside pad on the
> front left caliper is really worn down.
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> On Oct 17, 2011, at 10:17 PM, Max Hoepli wrote:
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>> The warning light is the whitish triangle with drum brake pad symbol where
>> "OK" symbol illuminates. Warning illuminates as soon as I turn key to "on"
>> position. Stays on while driving. Sometimes does not illuminate at all.
>> Unpredictable.
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>> Ideas what is wrong?
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>> 1986 Type 44 Turbo Quattro, 315,000km
>> 
>> Max
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