E30 Zone

I have a 318i cabby which has the notorious flickering brake pad sensor light which i have read about in the wiki.

I plan to fix this over the summer but i wont have time until after the car is MOT'd.

Could anybody shed some light on whether this is an MOT fail? I suspect it shouldn't be as it is just a warning light and the brakes work absolutely fine.

think as from april this year, any warning lights that are on, mean its a fail

Rich320I wrote:think as from april this year, any warning lights that are on, mean its a fail

This is why i ask. Nobody seems to quite understand what will pass and what will fail anymore.

The reason i ask is because the brake pad sensor light is different to the ABS light which i can understand to be an MOT failure.

anybody had their car pass/fail with a flickering light?

well mine passed with the brake pad warning light on! but it is a fail apparently, however the MOT tester (halfords) also missed the fact my horn wasnt working so he may have been having a stevie wonder moment

so far as i understand any warning light on should now be a fail,

anyways sure someone will be along to offer confirmation of this

Mines passed the last two MOTs with the rear brake warning light on...

Coops90 wrote:rear brake warning light...

The Who What Now ?

MOT tester has no interest in your pad warning light, other than to satisfy himself that it is a pad wear warning only, and not combined with the fluid level light.

Brianmoooore wrote:MOT tester has no interest in your pad warning light, other than to satisfy himself that it is a pad wear warning only, and not combined with the fluid level light.

thanks...i think i'll just have to take it along and try my luck