[V8] brake pad light still on after new parts installed

[Ingo Rautenberg]

John,

The way to check for bad sensor is to jumper the female plug at the  
wheel well. That should show which one is bad -- unless of course  
there is a break in the wiring lead before the connector.

HTH

Ingo

On Feb 1, 2007, at 12:15 PM, John Dodd wrote:

> Hi
>
> On my 1990 V8 I had new rotors ,pads and sensors installed by the  
> dealer
> ,since I had no time to do it myself .
>
> These are UFOs.
>
> The service called to say that everything is fine but my light is  
> still
> on (brake pad light) and I may have a wire in the harness that is open
> or shorted.The brake display came on about 2 weeks ago and I knew my
> brake pads  were getting thin.
>
> Does this theory make any sense  or are they BSers ?
>
> I suspect one of the new sensors may be bad .Any way of  
> troubleshooting
> it ?
>
> Any BTDT ?
>
>
>
> Regards
> John
>
>
>
>
>
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