'Brake Pad' alert on computer

Maybe disconnect the battery, to clear the error message.

what exactly is the warning, I've never heard of a car that monitors brakepads????

thanks

Porsche and BMW have been using brake pad wear sensors for years, my '86 535i had them and so does my '88 944. What they consist of (at least on the Krautwagens) is just a loop of wire encased in plastic that fits into a hole in the brake pad, when the pad wears to a certain point the rotor wears on the plastic and eventually the wire. When the wire breaks, it lights the light on the dash. What this means is that you need to do one of two things:

2) jumper them out to turn off the light, but then you have to periodically inspect your pads to make sure the rivets don't hit the rotors and trash them.

good luck

nate

In the 80's:

Chrysler products used wear sensors that had a dash warning lamp also.

Refinish King

Thanks for all the advice. I'll give it all a go.

Pete

Why not?

thanks, I didn't know this

Because the wire has worn away too.. If you could solder a new wire then epoxy it, then I think that would work. I'd find it difficult to solder to the wire, I'm imagining it as being pretty tiny.

-Bruce