Re: Brake Pad Warning Light

[mspivak@hyperdesk.com (Spivak, Marat)]

     Hi,
     
     I had the exact same problem - light is on, but plenty of pad left.
     The sensor wires on the pads themselves actually corroded and fell 
     off, first on the driver's side, then on the pass side.  The solution 
     was to short the two sensor wires on each side manually, and watch the 
     pad wear periodically (which should be done anyways - my wife's 90 100 
     wore out the outside pads before the inner pads had a chance to wear 
     to sensor's trigger point).  
     
     When I lost both sensor wires, I had been using Quick Silver wheel 
     cleaner, so it is possible that the acid corroded the wires 
     prematurely.
     
     Marat


     
Hi,
First I want to thank those who responded to my request for 
some general info on my recently purchased '92 CSQW.  No, it's 
not for sale.  A Quattro wagon is a very rare beast here in 
Albuquerque and we plan on hanging on to it for quite a while. 
 It's running great except that it thinks that it needs new 
brake pads (the brake pad warning light keeps coming on).  It 
just turned 42K miles and the brake pads front and rear appear 
to have plenty of life left.  How do I convince it that it's 
making a mistake without offending the Audi gods?
Thanks,
Steve