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

[Robert Myers]

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Max,

As Tony suggests, your system most likely has an added break in the 
circuit which connects to a wire in the green connector behing the 
instrument cluster to one front brake wear indicator wire to the 
other side and then back to the green connector.  The "usual repair" 
is to just install a jumper across the pad connectors and this is 
usually sufficient.  If it doesn't solve the problem of a continually 
lighted indicator then you need to go further back up the wires until 
you can find the break and either repair it or by-pass it.  The 
ultimate "final solution" is to install a short jumper between the 
two pins of the green connector and completely by-pass the whole 
circuit.  It is a fairly simple process:

1.      pull the instrument cluster.
2.      open up the green connector.
3.      solder an ~1" jumper wire between two of the wires of the 
green connector.
4.      put it all back together again.

If you decide to go this route I will have to go into my green 
connector to identify exactly which two wires to jumper.  Let me know 
if you want this information.

Bob

At 11:24 AM 10/25/2011, Max Hoepli wrote:
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>Did connect left and right side wires together. Brake pad wear warning light
>is still illuminating. I'm going to continue working on the issue and will
>get back to the groups.
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>Max
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>From: Tony Hoffman [mailto:auditony at gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:57
>To: Max Hoepli
>Cc: blur at cogeco.ca; w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com;
>audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com; quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [WT-Audifans] RE: Brake Pad Wear Warning Light
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>So, did you connect them together, that is, each pair of wires? If so, the
>problem lies upstream of that as I mentioned yesterday. If not, you need to
>connect them together, as they see any open circuit (cut wires) as worn out
>brake pads and a short as a new set of pads.
>
>
>
>Tony
>
>On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
>
>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.
>
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