Dash waring lights

Thanks so much. States it's the brake pad worn! We just had the total brakes replaces, so I guess that it just needs reset! Thank you again! You're the best! Sassy

Well, thank you.

BUT:

There is a wire sensor that is either mounted in the pad or plugs into the pad that signals this warning light. Make sure that the brake-shop installed the new pads correctly and/or used the correct pads (some are identical except for a sensor position) and so forth.

Without being too pushy about it, try to verify that the sensor is properly installed with your own eyes. It may be a matter of a simple re-set, but that has not been my experience. Mostly it is a PTFE coated wire embedded in the pad that touches bare metal when the pad wears to a certain point then completes a circuit.

One more thing in defense of the shop, the old sensor may be worn out, something not immediately apparent in some cases. As they are not-cheap little parts ($15-$40 depending on the vehicle for the pair), the shop may have tried to save you a couple of bucks.

Just make sure that they are there and correct or the next time you need pads, you may discover such at best when the back-plates hit the rotors... no fun at all. Or at worst when the brakes fade going down a long hill....

If anyone gets the impression that I am a bit buggy about brakes... yep... I am.

Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA