Audi Q5 Brake Pad Warning Light

It is intended to warn you to replace the pads before the rotors are damaged.

Audi q5 brake pad warning light.

Audi q5 brake warning light causes the brake warning light indicates that your q5 has detected that one of its major brake components has failed typically detected through a loss of pressure. The brake pad warning light is designed to come on when the front brakes wear down to about 25 left on the pads. The light will come on before the brakes are completely worn out to give you enough time to replace them before any damage occurs. Refer to your owner s manual to see how many miles you should still have on the brake pads after the light comes on.

Read on to learn how to diagnose this issue. Audible alerts or messages may appear with certain warning lights. Best guidance is to go ahead and have the brake pads replaced before damage is done to the rotors. Certain warning lights illuminate when the ignition is switched on as a function check.

What the brake pad wear indicator warning light means. Audi brake pad warning is set to come on very early when there are still several mm of pad material left so you should be fine to live with it for another few thousand miles if you do not tire of the warning light being on constantly. You ll feel a loss of pressure that manifests itself in the form of a mushy brake pedal. The brake warning light on your audi q5 or q7 is your vehicle s way of telling you something has gone wrong with the brake system.

The wiring and pad is part of a ground loop that starts at the instrument cluster goes through both brake pads and to ground. It is triggered by an insert in the pads that has two wires attached. By bassem girgis march 31 2016.