Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

[Robert Myers]

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And, Tony, in those cases where a jumper doesn't help because there 
is a break in that wire somewhere else than at the brake pad, it is 
possible (in fact not very difficult) to replace the whole circuit 
which involves the pads on both front wheels with a simple jumper 
wire inside the green connector plug where it plugs into the rear of 
the instrument cluster.  BTDT on my '95.5 urS6.  I'd need to check to 
tell you exactly which wires are involved but it's a fairly simple 
job.  Lemme know if you want more details.

Bob


At 07:56 AM 10/18/2011, Tony Hoffman wrote:
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>For that light to go out, those two wires need to be connected together. It
>there is an open circuit, it lights the warning. If it's shorted, the light
>goes out. The wear sensor inthe pads is just a complete circuit that gets
>cut when the pads wear about 90%.
>
>The newer cars (such as the A6 mentioned) only use one indicator, on the
>drivers wheel. On the older ones, there is one on each wheel. I keep the
>plugs with wire from every set of pads I throw out. That way, I can make a
>quick plug in harness if needed, instead of cutting into the factory
>harness.
>
>Tony
>
>On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
>
> > My pads at all wheels are thick, the sensor wires have been cut from the
> > front pads.
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