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dont audis have electronic brake wear sensors? or at least wear indicators that squeal?

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Old 08-22-2000, 12:09 PM
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Default dont audis have electronic brake wear sensors? or at least wear indicators that squeal?

my stock brakes went to **** the other day out of nowhere! i had occasional squeal on cold brakes bieng used for the first mile or so, but nothing and then all of a sudden i go to use my brakrs and the most horrible sound comes from my rear brakes the sound of grinding metal! it was like the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard, i had no warning or no littile light. so i got it fixed and looked at the back and found to my suprise i had new rotors! ... at 13,000 miles? they didnt ask me any questions at the dealership i didnt even know they changed them. i am impressed with audis warranty so far.
my brother who had a similar prob on his car and the dealership made him pay about 350$ on a new truck
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The front pads do.
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Default Re: same thing just happened to me....

rear pads all of a sudden make a terrible grinding noise. Only problem is that the soonest i can get in for service here in the DC area is next Wed. Oh well
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Hey are you joining us Sunday?
Old 08-22-2000, 12:35 PM
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i was planning on it, when should i be there?
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doode, wrong coast
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oops! i thought he meant the Q auto-x
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what's going on Sunday? I was actually thinking of driving over to APR on Saturday. wanna go?
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Wife's on-call Saturday. No go.
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Just curious but how hard do you think you are on brakes? 13K sounds really soon.


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