Help identifying light on BMW dash
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Only the front pads and sensor the rear pads should see through 2 sets of front pads easily.
Inspect how far down the rears are too, you don't need to take off the wheels to do this, just check visually. They should have a fair bit left and the fronts will be low of course, the pas side sensor loom will be activated
Inspect how far down the rears are too, you don't need to take off the wheels to do this, just check visually. They should have a fair bit left and the fronts will be low of course, the pas side sensor loom will be activated
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Only the front pads and sensor the rear pads should see through 2 sets of front pads easily.
Inspect how far down the rears are too, you don't need to take off the wheels to do this, just check visually. They should have a fair bit left and the fronts will be low of course, the pas side sensor loom will be activated
Thanks for the info man. I am useless with mechanics so this will be going to the garage to be done. The car is reading another 10k miles before its next inspection so I doubt it needs a service on top.
The pads should be cheap, sensor cheap also, should be around £40 give or take for the pads and sensor with £15-£25 for fitting depending on the garage that changes them over - long as they clean the pad housing and grease it nicely all should be fine 
They may need to shave a small section of the pad so it sleeps on the disc evenly as there will likely be a groove on the outer edge of the disc from the old pads so don't be alarmed if you see some sparks while grinding heh.
I just had mine done not long ago \m/
They may need to shave a small section of the pad so it sleeps on the disc evenly as there will likely be a groove on the outer edge of the disc from the old pads so don't be alarmed if you see some sparks while grinding heh.I just had mine done not long ago \m/
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What car is it you have?
Given the price of OEM pads I decided to get EBC green stuff pads for a tenner or so more. They are good pads on my car with good stopping power from motorway+ speeds in the 5odd k I have driven on them so far.
Up to you of course.
Given the price of OEM pads I decided to get EBC green stuff pads for a tenner or so more. They are good pads on my car with good stopping power from motorway+ speeds in the 5odd k I have driven on them so far.
Up to you of course.
Totally depends on the car, an E46 will simply need to be put in key position 2 and left for around 1 minute, the light will vanish.
Just get the pads and sensor changed at your local garage and then reset the light at home or wherever later
BMW don't have to reset the error at all. It's caused by a short in the wear lead. Basically a conducted lead which when it touches metal causes a short and the light comes on. It touches metal when all the friction coating from the pads has all but gone.
One wear lead per axle but as mrk said, it's likely to be the fronts. As soon as a new wear sensor is attached to new pads the light will go out.
The wear sensor simply clips into a "shoe" on the brake pad from the caliper housing.
One wear lead per axle but as mrk said, it's likely to be the fronts. As soon as a new wear sensor is attached to new pads the light will go out.
The wear sensor simply clips into a "shoe" on the brake pad from the caliper housing.
The light won't go out immediately, it has to be reset using the above method for most models newer models might be different though.
I phoned BMW about this as my light did not go away and I
a faulty EBC sensor cable but the guy on the phone was like
and said just just leave it in key pos 2 for a minute and it went away and I was like
newer models might be different though.I phoned BMW about this as my light did not go away and I
