[WT-Audifans] RE: Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

[Max Hoepli]

I know the whitish symbol with the "X over the light bulb with the socket
end up" displays certain light bulb(s) not illuminating. This light has
illuminated before. I changed out a bulb and cured the problem. 

 

The whitish brake drum symbol is illuminating which according to the Audi
manual indicates worn front brake pads, only in my car's case the sensor
wires have been disconnected.

 

 

1986 Type 44 Turbo Quattro

Max

 

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From: B Vibert [mailto:blur at cogeco.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:16
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Cc: Max Hoepli; quattro at audifans.com; audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [WT-Audifans] RE: Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

 

It might be the brake lamp warning symbol, not the pads, a light bulb with
an X through it with the brake drum parentheses on either side.  It would
only come on after pressing the brake pedal though if one of your lamps was
not working.

Burl V
1990 90q20v x3
Kingston, ON


On 25/10/2011 9:51 AM, Max Hoepli wrote: 

  

This whitish brake warning light with the symbol of a brake drum illuminates
where the "OK" light would illuminate, top centre between the left and right
arrow green turn signal indicators. 

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From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com <mailto:quattro-bounces%40audifans.com>
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com <mailto:quattro-bounces%40audifans.com>
] On
Behalf Of Dan DiBiase
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 09:32
To: Tony Hoffman
Cc: quattro at audifans.com <mailto:quattro%40audifans.com> 
Subject: Re: Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

Hmmm, interesting. I guess it's not one of those lights that comes on when
you start the car. I just checked. There is a

blank space in the top center of the gauge cluster. Just strange that it
would not be in the OM. I guess this time, 'RTFM'
doesn't apply!

 
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

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To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com <mailto:d_dibiase%40yahoo.com> >
Cc: "quattro at audifans.com <mailto:quattro%40audifans.com> "
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: Brake Pad Wear Warning Light

Your car should have the same light, all B6's I've worked on do. In fact,
the one in the shop does. It's in the top of hte center display, shows a
yellow circle with yellow "parenthesis" on either side.
 
Tony

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com
<mailto:d_dibiase%40yahoo.com> > wrote:

Strange how the warning lights have changed over the years. I was looking in
my owner's manual this morning to see whether my car has a
>brake pad warning light and it doesn't appear to. Just a generic 'BRAKE'
warning that seems to be more about system failure (or handbrake on)
>than anything to do with the pads. I know I am getting near the end of the
pad's life on my car and was curious about whether I will have any warning 
>
>or just go right to 'metal on metal'....
>
>
>Strangely, my son's 2003 Jetta Wolfsburg DOES have a pad warning light, and
it is the one indicated as 'Canadian' in my  car's owner's
>manual....