E30 1990 , Brake Pad Warning Light !

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sindako
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Post Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:01 pm

Hello mates .
See yesterday , I've noticed That My Brake Pad Warning Light Is a Bit Dimmed , but not totally Off .

When the Pads are Exceeded the Light Turns On because the Sensor Loses The Connectivity and It Turn the Light On .

well . My Pads Are Still like 90% . and I've Tried To Use a Jumper wire connecting the Sensor Two Wires . When Jumper Off the Light Is On . And When Jumper Is Connected The Light is Off , but Not Off 100% , it's hard to see in the morning , but at night , the Warning light while Sensor Wires are connected Is On But Dimmed .

Dunno WTF is the Problem I am Having .
That Means the Connectivity of the C1 or C2 ain't Giving Enough Power to Let the Light Go Off , Which makes the Car think that there is still a pad Wear .

Dunno about this , But Please if any of you know what to Do , Help out because i don't Want to remove the bulb like most people do .
I like Seeing everything running like a charm in my car .

Cheers .

No Jumper Wire ( Wires Disconnected )

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Wire Connected , ( Jumper Wire between ). See , instead of going totally Off , it's still Dimmed .

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. Sensor Is Fine , Checked on another Car , also i did the Test with a wire just to make sure the sensor ain't My Problem ....
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Brianmoooore
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Post Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:45 pm

First thing to check is the soldering of the 220 ohm resistor near the temperature gauge in the instrument cluster.