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P44RY C

Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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BRAKE WEAR SENSORS

Hi all, my first post.

Need some assistance if anyone knows how the hell i turn off the annoying beeping due to my brake pad wear indicator coming on on Sat!! its driving me mad now everytime i touch the brake.....can anyone help?!

many thanks

Paz

Mon Jun 30 2008 4:05pm

R33

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Change the brake pads!

Mon Jun 30 2008 4:13pm

P44RY C

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R33 wrote:
Change the brake pads!

thats the next step, but until then, i have gotta get this indicator sorted, either that or i am going to have to buy a death metal CD and play it at full volume

Mon Jun 30 2008 4:15pm

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Option 2 is to take the wheels off and gut the wire to the sensors. Option 1 is however your best bet!

Apart from the 2 options mentioned there's not alot you can do as I believe tht removal of the fuse affects other important things. RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE Zambezi silver,Alpaca.
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Mon Jun 30 2008 4:40pm

umbertob

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Just use the electronic parking brake to stop! Just kidding. The sensors are probably designed to be annoying on "purpose" - when activated it means your pads are worn down to almost nothing - less than 5% left I think - and you need new ones, pronto. But I also had to put up with that damn chime every time I touched the brakes not long ago in L.A. stop-and-go traffic, so I know what you mean. I wish they had designed the sensors to activate some sort of steady "Brakes Fault" red light in the instrument cluster - which would extinguish only after the sensors were replaced with new ones, since once triggered they are no good anyway - instead of the "Ding! Fault - Oh, Never mind - Ding! Fault - Oops, My mistake - Ding! Fault" routine...

Mon Jun 30 2008 6:35pm

MAW

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From memory ( i have just done mine) once on the edge of wearing and when the sensor is worn (shorts) the intermittent ding stops as the warning is permanent...

So brake harder quick for a while then the frequent dings will stop - but of course dont forget to do them otherwise the annoying squeal follows along with a higher bill !!!

I had about 3mm on the front left and around 5 mm on the rear when the first sensor shorted out....

Mon Jun 30 2008 8:58pm

P44RY C

Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Cheshire
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umbertob wrote:
Just use the electronic parking brake to stop! Just kidding. The sensors are probably designed to be annoying on "purpose" - when activated it means your pads are worn down to almost nothing - less than 5% left I think - and you need new ones, pronto. But I also had to put up with that damn chime every time I touched the brakes not long ago in L.A. stop-and-go traffic, so I know what you mean. I wish they had designed the sensors to activate some sort of steady "Brakes Fault" red light in the instrument cluster - which would extinguish only after the sensors were replaced with new ones, since once triggered they are no good anyway - instead of the "Ding! Fault - Oh, Never mind - Ding! Fault - Oops, My mistake - Ding! Fault" routine...

Its is proper annoying. I replaced my Porsche Cayman with this RRS and so far am loving it, but this sensor crap is really annoying me.

Tue Jul 01 2008 9:07am

MAW

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Involves brake pad change some time....

£110 ish DIY - £330 ish Stealer...

Tue Jul 01 2008 9:00pm

shmoogle
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Yeah, much safer and easier on your ears and mental state if you just go and get them done

In the meantime, I have a few Slayer CDs you can borrow

Wed Jul 02 2008 7:35am

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