brake warnin light on

**paulvectrac** · 17th June 2009, 23:10

hi lads got the brake warnin light on it is itermittant all the pads and discs are fine think i sin on here some where that you need 2 change the sensor 4 a new one or join the wires togther is this right cheers

**trev16185** · 17th June 2009, 23:16

yeah those wires usually become hard and break easily...best way to no which wheel is to cross the wires one wheel at a time till light stays off

**paulvectrac** · 18th June 2009, 07:39

ok cheers mate so do i join the wires to gether

**paulvectrac** · 18th June 2009, 17:15

so have all these wheels got brake sensors

**trev16185** · 18th June 2009, 17:27

yeah every wheel join the two wires one wheel at a time then check the light youll no which wheel the problems in cause the light will go out

**fingers66** · 18th June 2009, 17:31

Originally Posted by trev16185

yeah every wheel join the two wires one wheel at a time then check the light youll no which wheel the problems in cause the light will go out

I thought it was just the front near side that has a sensor

**vectragsi3.2** · 18th June 2009, 18:11

Originally Posted by fingers66

I thought it was just the front near side that has a sensor

thats right just the passenger front and for how much they are and how quick it is to do it i would just get another rather than messing about with the wires

**vecgsiboy** · 18th June 2009, 19:11

Only fitted 2nearside on most models,although certain models do have them on both front wheels,its very easy 2strip and join these wires,n then no light on

**paulvectrac** · 18th June 2009, 22:33

nearside bein the passanger side bit thick with stuuf like that lol so just cut the wire and join them

**Duncan** · 18th June 2009, 22:38

Just to clarify and correct some misinformation in some posts above.

There is only one wheel that has the brake pad sensor wire on it, and that's the front nearside (passenger side). No models ever had both front wheels that had the sensors, and certainly none ever came with it on all four wheels.

Facelift models lost the pad sensor feature completely.

Paul - as already said above, if your pads are looking fine then it's probably the sensor wire starting to disintegrate. Options are either fit a new sensor wire - they're less than a tenner - or cut the end where it goes into the pads and twist them around each other if you don't want to replace the sensor wire.