Thread: Brake pad wear sensors

It is not in the engine bay - between the top of the mudguard and the inner plastic splash shield in the wheel well - is a pain to pull down and you will wreck the clips. Then you have the issue of undoing the connector there the sensor joins the loom at the top of the wheel well. Dont pull on any of the cables - unclip the connector and slowly remove the old cable - good idea to clip the new one in as you unclip the old one, clip the new one in - ensures you use the right clips etc.

I did all this just over a month ago and it took longer to replace the brake pad sensor cable that is it did to replace the disks and pads. The sensor itself just clips into the back of the pads - too easy.

They are something like $20 for a lead... I kept mine when I replaced them.

Mine came on at 117,000km of wear and I got 4,000km after that before replacing. there was lass than 0.5mm of friction material left on the backing plates.

Happy to throw another $20 on the vehicle even if it acts as a suitable reminder, as I dont do rotations so never flick the wheels off to see the pads!