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Old 01-15-2004, 01:13 PM
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Default Brake pad wear light help?
A weird thing happened this morning; my brake wear indicator lit up, but then went away after I restarted the car after the mandatory coffee shop stop. Of what I understand once it lights up it will only go away with new pads, but...

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The pad could be worn just to the point where it's just started to uncover the wire.
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Default I see... Do you know how much more compound there is left?
I am gonna take the wheels off tonight to check, but thought I might ask
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Default No, I don't know how much is left when the sensors kick on. You may not need to take off the wheel,
just look through the spokes with a flashlight.
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But the sensors are on the inside pads. The outside ones dont look that low
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Good point, hadn't thought about that, it's been a while since I've had stock brakes.
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