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
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate
"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate
"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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.
Last edited by jamjar1383 on Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate
"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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.
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate
"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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
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?
1999 HDI 110 GLX Estate Sold On at 230,000 miles to the lucky John
2003 HDI 110 Rapier Estate
1998 D8 1.9XUD Estate LX 7 seater Estate sold, with regret
1999 306 1.8 petrol.
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
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate
"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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.
