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Re: brake lining sensor (archive)
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Posted by Scott on July 08, 2001 at 11:39:30:

In Reply to: brake lining sensor posted by Steve D. on July 07, 2001 at 18:43:17:

Your sensor has a small wear part that wears through and creates a ground against your rotor. My guess is that it is time for new pads. The sensor does wear through a short time before you are metal to metal. So, don't go too long before you get the pads changed. Resetting the indicator will not clear the message permenately if you really need pads.

97 740iL

Does anyone know what the sensing mechanism is? I was coming home last night at 5 in the morning and going way too fast on a deserted street when the traffic light turned red. I had to really do some braking, but nothing serious -certainly nothing requiring abs or anything, -I just really had to brake hard for a while. Well the check brake lining message popped up and is still there a day later. I just had the car extensively serviced and the mechanic mentioned one of my rotors was in bad shape but nothing about my pads needing replacement. I'm sure he would of mentioned it. Any thoughts? I'm going to try to reset it from the info on a previous post.




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