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This light as of today illuminates when i press on the brakes:


(very faint below the 6)
Its not fully illuminated to the brightness of a proper warning light, but still visible, the manual points to front pads but they were replaced for brand new ones back in the summer. So whats the problem here, anything to do with the abs fault i got in the really cold weather for about 10 seconds. Can pads wear out that quick

id have the pads checked anyway, however autodata points to the wear curcit being to sensitive i looked beacuse mine's doing it too.

if you have autodata look in the known fix's and bullitins

whats autodata, is that my new pp2000 toy, any chance this weather could be affecting it, and a good clean is what it needs, or fluid because the pedal felt a bit harder, and less effective than normal, and ive got no screaming from the brakes.

FarmerPug wrote:whats autodata, is that my new pp2000 toy, any chance this weather could be affecting it, and a good clean is what it needs, or fluid because the pedal felt a bit harder, and less effective than normal, and ive got no screaming from the brakes.

autodata is like a major database for mechanics,
most petrolheads or in our case dervheads have it.
im quite shocked u dont have it seeing as u have pp2000

oh is this like the haynes manual on a cd except more content?
i really havent got the hang of the pp2000 yet, but without even using that what could be the issue.

FarmerPug wrote:oh is this like the haynes manual on a cd except more content?

wayyyy more content, shows everything a mechanic would need like timing belt info, aux belt routing , diagnostic codes and what they mean, service shedules, and loads more.

if u have bit torrent id be happy to point u to a place that has it.

how much is it the legitimate way anyhow?

FarmerPug wrote:how much is it the legitimate way anyhow?

well the Subscription i paid when i first got it was £630 a year but i was running my own mobile mechanics business at the time, so could afford it.

wow thats not cheap, but i doubt i need that, has any owners on here ever got this light and then subseqently got it to go away, share this information

any help?

The first thing I would do is to have a look at the pads to be sure there is nothing saftey critical going on. The warning system relies on two wires burried in the pads completing a circuit with the brake disc as they wear away. Could be a wiring fault, but i seem to remember mine coming on faintly when the pads were wearing. What make did you use?

My pad wear light has always come on faintly. Although it had a 6-month sabbatical when I had new discs & pads last January.

ive had this light on and off for over a year.normally after a wash or heavy rain.mines done over 36k on the pads and discs i bought it on.just passed its mot too.

hope u can read this, its a copy of the auto data page

now that does seem useful thanks jamjar, i recall issues last year in my clio brakewise after the thaw, so ill give this car a good wash, especially the brakes and see what happens.