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Warning Light flashing on and off?
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:13 pm
by beadle
After some help people?
Ive got a warning light flashing on and off on my dash! It looks like this (0) ! And its next 2 the parking light. "Yes i know my drawing is pants"! My question is - Does this light come on for just one fault, is it for a type of fault - ie somethng to do with steering/brakes, or is it a general fault light? How can i determine what the problem is?????
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:17 pm
by smithy318i
that is your brake pad wear indicator.
check your brake pads and wear sensor.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:28 pm
by beadle
smithy318i wrote:that is your brake pad wear indicator.
check your brake pads and wear sensor.
The Brake pads are about 3 months old?? So could b a faulty sencor?
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:39 pm
by gareth
i've heard on here that this can be a dry joint on a resistor on the back of the instrument cluster... try searing for resistor and brianmoooore and it should find waht you need.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:02 pm
by Gwynleym10
Did you do the pad change?
often garages like to not bother with the sensor and just join the wire up.
its a finite circut once broken the light should stay on all the time. (thats what the sensor does, it rubs against the pad untill it breaks-warning for a pad change)
your fault is probably the wire somewhere slightly broken. look under the passenger front wheel, should be able to follow the wire from the brake caliper to under the bonnet.
should find a slight break somwhere
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:09 pm
by Brianmoooore
A common one is that the pad sensor cable is not routed properly from the caliper, and rubs through on the inside of the wheel rim.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:11 pm
by thesaint
my pads had got down to the metal and marking my discs, the warner never came on. bah
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:14 pm
by Brianmoooore
thesaint wrote:my pads had got down to the metal and marking my discs, the warner never came on. bah
Assuming the sensor was fitted and connected, your pads must have worn very unevenly. Must be something wrong with the caliper slides.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:18 pm
by beadle
he's (dan) just taken it out for a test. the brakes have been squeeling when braking for a little while, i thought it was just the pads needed doing as sounds like metal on metal, yet if they were changed just 3 months ago this wouldn't make sense would it??
hmmn.
(billie)