[s-cars] Radio Code

[Taka Mizutani]

Brake pad wear warning should be amber, not red, and should look like a
circle with some curved hash marks surrounding the circle.

A red warning light is a serious problem- you should check the manual for
that one.

Taka


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Mark R <speedracer.mark at gmail.com> wrote:

> Max,
> The wear sensors work this way:
> They're basically a loop of wire.  When the pad wears thin, the wire gets
> worn and continuity breaks.  To keep the warning light off, you need to
> short the two wires together.
>
> With the cold/moisture/salt, you probably have a corroded wire.  In central
> NY, even with solder and heat shrink, the splices only seem to last about 5
> years before needing re-done (due to corrosion).  Of course, for MOST
> owners, 5 years is more than "lifetime."  =)
>
> I just did this service on my old 1995 GTiVR6.  The splice lasted about 10
> years.  It's kinda cool to still do the occasional work on my old personal
> vehicle.
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
>
> > Brake pad wear warning light blinks as red triangle and beeps every 5
> > minutes, started in cold weather if there is a connection between weather
> > and this false alarm. Brake pads have no more than 8,000 km. and driven
> > much
> > on highway.
> > Brake pad wear wires are not connected to brake pad wear indicator wires.
> >
> > Comment.
> >
> >
> > Max
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