Brake pad level sensor bypass?

[joshy514]

Hello guys, put some pads without the sensor attachment in yesterday and I've got a brake light on the dash, anyone know how this is bypassed? Cheers.


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[irf]

yep, had this on mine a few days ago. after i searched here it was as easy as just joining the wires together. job done. bear in mind though that next time your pads need changing, the light wont come on

 

[brad_barker12]

or if you have vagcom you can deactivate the warning light. I did it this way as it seemed less of a botch job lol

 

[irf]

oops

 

[TllEWL]

I disagree - a plug connected up with the wires joined is obvious. An empty plug will get full of crap, so you still need to plug a sensor into it anyway, and in the future a garage could waste hours 'fault finding' as to why the light never came on when the pads started scoring into the discs.

 

[xDaNx]

Cut the plug and 2 wires off the old pads, join them together, plug it in, job done.

 

[joshy514]

Lovely, cheers boys!

 

[Mikey_Bling]

I don't understand why you wouldn't want to know when your brake pads are about ready to be changed?

 

[xDaNx]

Some pads don't come with the wires and plug attached, so he doesn't really have any choice, Ds2500's are an example of this.

 

[brad_barker12]

I disagree - a plug connected up with the wires joined is obvious. An empty plug will get full of crap, so you still need to plug a sensor into it anyway, and in the future a garage could waste hours 'fault finding' as to why the light never came on when the pads started scoring into the discs.

Mines not. I cut and used the connector off my old pads that had the wear indicator wiring on and plugged that into the factory connector. That way it won't get full of crap.

Why would a garage try and find out why the wear indicator on the dash didn't come on? There are plenty of cars out there that don't have this feature. A garage would just do a visual check and change them as they do every other car.

Turning off the light via vagcom is the proper way to do it not chop up wires and join them together. Anyways you can quiet easily turn the brake wear sensor function back on if required

But each to there own and all that. Doing the chop the wire method won't do any harm either

 

[Mikey_Bling]

Some pads don't come with the wires and plug attached, so he doesn't really have any choice, Ds2500's are an example of this.

Good point well made!