Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

[Tony Hoffman]

Hmm, I assume he means they are cut off but open. Hopefully, we will here
which is the case.........

Tony

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:

> i assume he means he already has a shorting plug in place.....
>
> On Oct 18, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:
>
> > 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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