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Old 12-05-2008, 10:07   #1
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My brake wear indicator light has been coming on most of the time for a while now so I decided to take the front wheels off and have a look what's going on. All pads are fine, although this isn't significant because the brake wear indicator cable was cut......
So, I tried insulating the two wires to see if this turned the warning off, it didn't, then I tried joining the two wires to see if that turned the warning off, it didn't.....
Each time I turned the ignition off and took the key out, is it neccasary to disconnect the battery to get warning lights to reset or anything like that?
With brake pads with a wear sensor in the would it be open circuit when they're worn or closed?
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i joined the 2 wires to cancell mine off the dash.
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could be a brake elsewhere on the wire?
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that's my worry! Does anybody know how I could test that?! Or how could I fool the system into turning the warning light off by some other means?
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try a volt meter on the cable to see if any voltage is reaching the sensor would be my 1st test.
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that's my worry! Does anybody know how I could test that?! Or how could I fool the system into turning the warning light off by some other means?
Yep! VAGCOM can switch the light off.
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If you join the two wires properly then it should go out. Providing your fluid level is ok.
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