MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: karl210 on April 03, 2013, 10:51:03 am

Title: Brake Wear indicators
Post by: karl210 on April 03, 2013, 10:51:03 am
Just changed the brakes on a mates car and the pads that i was given didnt have the sensors in them like the previous ones did. I changed them anyway but the indicator has come on the dash. To get rid of it do i cut the wires and insulate them so they dont touch or do i cut the wires, connect them both up so they make the circuit? Cant remember weather i need to make or break the circuit for the light to go out. thanks
Title: Re: Brake Wear indicators
Post by: bacillus on April 03, 2013, 01:47:23 pm
You need to connect both wires together (i.e. short them) or get someone with vcds to code it out.
Title: Re: Brake Wear indicators
Post by: Tortaruga on April 03, 2013, 02:02:20 pm
Probably better to code them out with vcds. If you short them and then want to use the indicator in future I suppose you'd have problems.
Title: Re: Brake Wear indicators
Post by: bacillus on April 03, 2013, 02:06:57 pm
Probably better to code them out with vcds. If you short them and then want to use the indicator in future I suppose you'd have problems.

I cut the wires off the old brake pad, shorted those then connected the attached plug to the indicator socket.
Title: Re: Brake Wear indicators
Post by: karl210 on April 03, 2013, 04:17:25 pm
Cheers fellas, I will short the wires out after the plug so im not damaging anything. Its not on vw so cant use vcds