[s-cars] Pad Sensor Purgatory

[Bjørn Ødegård]

I have (again) the intermittent pad sensor light fault(c) myself. It is
seldom the sensors or wiring at all, but probably the infamooose
instrument-cluster-bad-connection-fault. Do you also get some oil
warning, or garbled multifunction display, then the fault is definately
in the IC. remove, clean connectors and install. If the light is still
on, trace the connectors and leads, and check for breaks. The wire going
from the IC to the left(IIRC) pads, could be grounded for the indicator
to stop working. Don't think you can fix it without some extensive
surgery..

The archive has several write-ups wrt. the IC cleaning, and of course
www.sjmautotechnik.com.

Bjorn  :o)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert F. Eagleye" <rfeagleye at thornhillcpa.com>
To: "S-Cars List Post" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:31 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Pad Sensor Purgatory


> After installing an ECS Stage 2 brake kit on my car, I have been
trying for
> a few weeks to figure out why the Pad Sensor light is always on.
>
> At first I had the lines cut and wired together (after the plug). It
worked
> for a while, but at some point my car decided it didn't like that, and
the
> light came on. I tried to tie them together again to fix the problem,
but it
> didn't work. I then spliced in the sensors for the pads, which I had
on hand
> but didn't use them originally because we ran out of time when
installing
> the brakes. This also didn't help, the light is still on.
>
> So, is there a fuse, relay, or a good pair of wire cutters I should
know
> about that can turn the sensor off for good? I wanted to make it work
like
> it should, but now I just want the light off!
>
> Robert F. Eagleye
> 1992 S4 - a new problem every week
>
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