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reset brake pad warning lamp?


Dan Pastor
 

Just replaced the front brake pads. warning lamp still on. Looks like
((0)). How does one reset (turn off) the blasted lamp?
2003 Eurovan GL
Thanks!


 

You could have the sensor wire in the rear pads worn through or a faulty
connection in the front pads. Since the pads on all four wheels are designed to
wear at the same rate, I suspect it is the rear pads.
Are you sure that the sensor in the rear pads is OK?

As the late Gilda Radner wrote, "It's Always Something."

Bob W.

In a message dated 6/23/2008 12:34:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
danielhpastor@... writes:

Just replaced the front brake pads. warning lamp still on. Looks like
((0)). How does one reset (turn off) the blasted lamp?
2003 Eurovan GL
Thanks!





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Carl Henderson
 

There's no reset.

There's one long circuit loop from the lamp circuit in the dash
through all four brake pads then to ground. If there's a break
anywhere, the lamp illuminates.

So--it could be a bad connection on your new front pads, or worn out
rear pads, or a break at the rear pad connectors, or a broken wire
anywhere in the circuit.

I've had trouble with the connectors breaking on my front pads. Right
now I still have the original front pads (60K miles), but the sensors
are jumpered at the front wheels to keep the light off.

I've made up a test plug from an old rear pad. I can plug it in at any
wheel. Just tie the two wires together and you'll simulate an intact
wear sensor.

Carl
2003 EVWK

--- In ev_update@..., "Dan Pastor" <danielhpastor@...> wrote:

Just replaced the front brake pads. warning lamp still on. Looks like
((0)). How does one reset (turn off) the blasted lamp?
2003 Eurovan GL
Thanks!


David Richoux
 

If you search back to June 10th and 11th of this year, there was a long thread on the subject. Did the wires get properly hooked up to the sensor loop that is in each pad?

Dave Richoux 2000 EVC

On Jun 22, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Dan Pastor wrote:

Just replaced the front brake pads. warning lamp still on. Looks like
((0)). How does one reset (turn off) the blasted lamp?
2003 Eurovan GL
Thanks!