Brake pad fault
Brake pad fault
Hello all,
Don't post on here very often however like to keep an eye on what's happening.
Hoped someone would be able to help. I have had an intermittent brake pad warning fault for around 4 years.
Recently changed my front discs and pads with OEM parts/sensors etc and all terminals looked ok visually. Since changing the fault is still in. Dash states 'OK' when turning ignition on however after a few seconds reverts back to fault!
Any advice/things to check?
Cheers
Neil
Don't post on here very often however like to keep an eye on what's happening.
Hoped someone would be able to help. I have had an intermittent brake pad warning fault for around 4 years.
Recently changed my front discs and pads with OEM parts/sensors etc and all terminals looked ok visually. Since changing the fault is still in. Dash states 'OK' when turning ignition on however after a few seconds reverts back to fault!
Any advice/things to check?
Cheers
Neil
Re: Brake pad fault
Mine was doing the his for a while. I cleaned the terminals with contact cleaner and it seems to have gone away now?NeilyRS wrote:Hello all,
Don't post on here very often however like to keep an eye on what's happening.
Hoped someone would be able to help. I have had an intermittent brake pad warning fault for around 4 years.
Recently changed my front discs and pads with OEM parts/sensors etc and all terminals looked ok visually. Since changing the fault is still in. Dash states 'OK' when turning ignition on however after a few seconds reverts back to fault!
Any advice/things to check?
Cheers
Neil
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Re: Brake pad fault
Odd, I just started getting this recently.
Car was in for a service a month ago so I know the pads are fine.
Will check the contacts.
Car was in for a service a month ago so I know the pads are fine.
Will check the contacts.
Re: Brake pad fault
Do you know how it works?irishmike wrote:Odd, I just started getting this recently.
Car was in for a service a month ago so I know the pads are fine.
Will check the contacts.
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- B16's
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S5 8T Cab White
S4 B7 Phantom Black (gone but not forgotten)
A4 B7 Avant 2.7 TDI Brilliant Red
A5 Cab 3.0 TDI Phantom Black
- Titanium Pack
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- B16's
- RNSE2 with AMI
- Reverse Camera
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S5 8T Cab White
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Re: Brake pad fault
A bit of advice would be helpful
Re: Brake pad fault
So there are two wires, when everything is working correctly you have a closed circuit. By that I mean the wires effectively are connected to each other.irishmike wrote:A bit of advice would be helpful
As the pad wears down it has a section of the wire embedded in the pad and it wears trough the wire. This opens the circuit so the wires are no longer touching each other and the warning comes up.
Some people when they get fed up with the warnings unplug the pads and join the wires inside the connector, this closes the circuit and stops the warning coming up.
So as a few checks. If you have a multi meter you can check the pads have a closed circuit. Effectively when you look at the pad terminal, the voltage goes down the pin into the pad and back up the other pin. As I said, when the pad wears the voltage will go down but not come back up the other pin as the wire is broken.
You can also test the car by bridging the terminals. If you put a piece of wire across the car pins the warning light should go off.
If they don’t go off I would clean the terminals up will and try again. If it still doesn’t work you could be looking at a break in a wire further up from the terminal.
Hope this helps
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Re: Brake pad fault
Perfect, thanks.
I was thinking along those lines, but the advice will be most helpful.
I was thinking along those lines, but the advice will be most helpful.
Re: Brake pad fault
Thanks for the replies
My dad is a mechanic and he said it's probably one of the terminals that is a bit dirty. Next time I'm back from work il get my wheels off again and get a look.
Should have done it when I replaced the discs and pads! I was surprised however, how easy the discs and pads were to replace.
Thanks again
My dad is a mechanic and he said it's probably one of the terminals that is a bit dirty. Next time I'm back from work il get my wheels off again and get a look.
Should have done it when I replaced the discs and pads! I was surprised however, how easy the discs and pads were to replace.
Thanks again
Re: Brake pad fault
I've experienced the same thing recently and also changed the discs and pads. As suggested, turned out to be a dirty connector. Guess the pins in the caliper hadn't seized when you did it as it took me about 4hrs by the time I drilled them all out!NeilyRS wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:47 amThanks for the replies
My dad is a mechanic and he said it's probably one of the terminals that is a bit dirty. Next time I'm back from work il get my wheels off again and get a look.
Should have done it when I replaced the discs and pads! I was surprised however, how easy the discs and pads were to replace.
Thanks again
Re: Brake pad fault
My dad had the discs off last year for a clean up so I dare say this made it a lot easier.neil_f wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:58 pm[quote=NeilyRS post_id=892268 time=<a href="tel:1533721673">1533721673</a> user_id=37632]
I've experienced the same thing recently and also changed the discs and pads. As suggested, turned out to be a dirty connector. Guess the pins in the caliper hadn't seized when you did it as it took me about 4hrs by the time I drilled them all out!
Re: Brake pad fault
if you get stuck-particularly wih the new mot rules the light can be put out permenantly by earthing it in the passenger footwell....
Re: Brake pad fault
Think this guide might help :
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthrea ... t-solution
Wiring is in passenger kick panel in our model and not driver as stated in the guide .
Re: Brake pad fault
its a 2 minute fix in practice
i coded my skoda vrs tdi one off-even easier but sadly you cant do this with the b7
i coded my skoda vrs tdi one off-even easier but sadly you cant do this with the b7
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