Almost every audi for the past 20 years has been equipped with electronic brake pad wear sensors.
Audi a3 brake pad warning light.
Brake pad wear sensor circuit.
Most of them mount the brake pad with a clip but some are molded into the brake pad.
The message audi pre sense and a warning tone will warn you about danger.
There are 2 main ways that auto manufacturers achieve this diagnosis.
The following are warning lights and indicators found in vehicles built by audi.
Schematic shown is for 97 99 model years.
Your audi a3 is equipped with various sensors connected to most of your components.
The local indy not vag specialist has taken all the wheels off and it looks as if there are no sensors on the rear.
The first is by using a small sensor embedded into the brake pad material itself.
Quite simply when this light is on the sensor in the brakes has determined that the brake pads are too thin.
Brake pad warning light 06 08 2012 01 49 pm.
When this ground path is interrupted open circuited like turning a light switch off the brake pad warning light k32 in image comes on.
Stop vehicle and check brake fluid level.
The brake pad warning light circuit is a ground path loop.
Had my 06 audi a3 2 0 tdi quattro sport serviced and mot d tuesday.
This can be done on any make and model car even newer ones crank.
Knew my front pads were very worn tried to change them myself but was sent the wrong parts so asked the guy to change them aswell.
Anyway about 4 weeks on the generic brake pads warning has come up on the dis.
The brake warning lights only go on when there is an issue with your brake system.
Click a link to learn more about each one.
What the brake pad wear indicator warning light means.
Contact your audi dealer for assistance.
These sensors are designed to detect any issues that occur and since it can t speak to you it gets your attention to the issue by shining a warning light in your face.
These sensors change their electrical resistance as the loop of wire is worn down and eventually breaks as the brake pads wear down.
Stop the vehicle and check the brake fluid level.
Easy diy about how to turn off the brake warning light lamp on the instrument cluster.
Central indicator light check the message in the instrument cluster for additional information.
Previously i hadn t had any warning lights regarding the pads being worn.
The brake pad wear circuit starts from the back of the instrument cluster pin 25 on red 26 pin connector through the firewall somewhere to t3g pin 1 3 pin connector back left of engine compartment to n13 which is.