duncan89
21-05-2006, 08:18 AM
Hi there - great forum - hope that someone can help me with a problem I had with my recently aquired passat - more annoying than urgent!
The dashboard recently told me to "Check Brakepads" - so thought that I would change them to be on the safe side (front pads). Seeing as the Autopart garage was closed, I had little choice but to get the new pads from Halfords (sorry) :Blush2: . Of course, when I managed to get the pads off (less than 2mm left on them), I noticed that the wear sensor cable on the new pads had a different connector to the vehicle (round) than the old pads (square) - thanks a million halfords!
Obviously I could not put the old pads back on, so I just cut the wear indicator cable away from the pads, and insulated and tied the car-side cable away.
Problem is of course that the brake pad wear dash warning keeps coming on every time I use the car. I was wondering if there is any way of disabling this - as the new pads have at least 30k mileage in them, and I would rather not have to fork out again for a new set of front pads with the correct wear sensor connectors - afterall, my other cars had no such warning system and all I did was to check the pad thickness at each service.
The rear pads are fine - as they were changed by the retailer before I aquired the car and I can see these are fine.
Help/advice appreciated (apart from "don't go to halfords" - I know this :Blush: )
Cheers!
Duncan.
The dashboard recently told me to "Check Brakepads" - so thought that I would change them to be on the safe side (front pads). Seeing as the Autopart garage was closed, I had little choice but to get the new pads from Halfords (sorry) :Blush2: . Of course, when I managed to get the pads off (less than 2mm left on them), I noticed that the wear sensor cable on the new pads had a different connector to the vehicle (round) than the old pads (square) - thanks a million halfords!
Obviously I could not put the old pads back on, so I just cut the wear indicator cable away from the pads, and insulated and tied the car-side cable away.
Problem is of course that the brake pad wear dash warning keeps coming on every time I use the car. I was wondering if there is any way of disabling this - as the new pads have at least 30k mileage in them, and I would rather not have to fork out again for a new set of front pads with the correct wear sensor connectors - afterall, my other cars had no such warning system and all I did was to check the pad thickness at each service.
The rear pads are fine - as they were changed by the retailer before I aquired the car and I can see these are fine.
Help/advice appreciated (apart from "don't go to halfords" - I know this :Blush: )
Cheers!
Duncan.