Brake wear indicaor

[smshirk]

My brakes were in need of replacing, even though the wear indicator had not come on yet. I had the pads, rotors, sensors replaced, but they called and sAID the wear indicator is now illuminated and they couldn't turn it off. Does it need to be exterminated using piwis, or will it go off on its own after some amount of time or distance? Will Durametric work to turn it off? Or was something done wrong? I had a non porsche shop replace the brakes and they don't have a software program. I do have durameteric, but before I pick it up, I would like to get an idea if something could have been done wrong. I can't think of anything unless they put the wear sensors on wrong, although these guys are good mechanics who sometimes do Porsche work, albeit simple stuff. They have done my brakes before on this car and my 968.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by smshirk

My brakes were in need of replacing, even though the wear indicator had not come on yet. I had the pads, rotors, sensors replaced, but they called and sAID the wear indicator is now illuminated and they couldn't turn it off. Does it need to be exterminated using piwis, or will it go off on its own after some amount of time or distance? Will Durametric work to turn it off? Or was something done wrong? I had a non porsche shop replace the brakes and they don't have a software program. I do have durameteric, but before I pick it up, I would like to get an idea if something could have been done wrong. I can't think of anything unless they put the wear sensors on wrong, although these guys are good mechanics who sometimes do Porsche work, albeit simple stuff. They have done my brakes before on this car and my 968.

You do not turn off brake wear sensors with any diagnostic tool, you turn them off by replacing the single use sensors in the disc pads.

[smshirk]

Yeah, I found that out when I picked the car up. They replaced the sensors. The guy gave up after working on it for several hours, including replacing the sensors again. Durametric doesn't see anything from the cluster until 2002 models and I couldn't turn it off anyway. I can't figure out why the light is lit. The pads are brand new and no way anything is touching, so something in the electrical circuit must be open or shorted to ground. I can't see that anything was done incorrectly. He replaced pads all around, rotors on the front. Said the rotors on the back were fine. Juyst scratching my head for now

[smshirk]

Yeah, I found that out when I picked the car up. They replaced the sensors, one in front, one in rear. It's a 2001 986S and has just one sensor per axle. The guy gave up after working on it for several hours, including replacing the sensors again. Durametric doesn't see anything from the cluster until 2002 models and I couldn't turn it off anyway. I can't figure out why the light is lit. The pads are brand new and no way anything is touching, so something in the electrical circuit must be open or shorted to ground. I can't see that anything was done incorrectly. He replaced pads all around, rotors on the front. Said the rotors on the back were fine. Juyst scratching my head for now

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by smshirk

Yeah, I found that out when I picked the car up. They replaced the sensors, one in front, one in rear. It's a 2001 986S and has just one sensor per axle. The guy gave up after working on it for several hours, including replacing the sensors again. Durametric doesn't see anything from the cluster until 2002 models and I couldn't turn it off anyway. I can't figure out why the light is lit. The pads are brand new and no way anything is touching, so something in the electrical circuit must be open or shorted to ground. I can't see that anything was done incorrectly. He replaced pads all around, rotors on the front. Said the rotors on the back were fine. Juyst scratching my head for now

The problem is obvious, they only replace two of the four sensors (there is one set at each wheel). I'll bet if you get two new sensors and plug them in where they are currently missing, the light will go out. And the Durametric can see any cluster, the correct year has to be selected to be reading correctly.

[mcfcinusa]

If you're a cheapskate like me you can "fix" the wear sensor. When the sensor touches the rotor and the wire gets worn through from rubbing on the rotor it then turns the light on. After putting new pads on you can solder the broken wire together and then its just like new again.