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[vauxsull]

Shall i just snip the wires off at the base and tape the remaining bit up?

[05omegav6]

You could try unplugging the sensor flylead, then tape it up...

[vauxsull]

Ok what's a flylead?

[05omegav6]

The wire that goes from the plug to the pad

[vauxsull]

You meen the end metal thing? I shall do it tomorrow... 

[05omegav6]

Plug should be clipped to the front strut...

[chrisgixer]

Shall i just snip the wires off at the base and tape the remaining bit up?

No, the circuit needs to be complete to keep the warning off. That's how it works. As the pad material wears it eventually meat the disc, this wears through the porcelain and breaks the sensor circuit. Disconnect sensor/break the sensor wire or circuit/wear through the sensor as designed, all bring the warning on.

If the sensor is connected up and plugged in, but not fitted to the calliper it should never bring the warning on. If the warning is on under these circumstances then the electrical circuit is broken for some other reason than a worn through sensor due to pad wear.
In which case remove the sensor and find a spare piece of wire, like house hold flex, to join the connections in the sensor socket.

If the warning is then still on, then there's an issue with the car loom.

[vauxsull]

Would setting fire to this money pit sort it out once and for all?

[chrisgixer]

Would setting fire to this money pit sort it out once and for all?

£14 for pads and a bit of wire/flex is hardly expensive.


...and your welcome. Btw

[chrisgixer]

I bought a set of Vx front pads for £9 posted a while back, so it's always worth a quick trawl through fleabay. 

Does anyone know who supplies brake pads to GM/Vx?   

Suspect pagid supply oe pads.

Tc pads being very different . But no idea who supplies those. But that's exactly the way to source parts. Find the oe supplier.

However, buying through ebay gives cheap copy parts a chance to enter the system.

[vauxsull]

Haha sorry... Thank you for your advice....  I shall have a better look at it tomorrow .. I don't do wires and cables n stuff as it confuses me ( as its obvious).. Small niggles like this really get on my t**s.. Like to see obvious problems...

[TheBoy]

If its Brakepad in the MID, (or the orange light under the TID on TID cars), then that is simply the circuit is broken. Piston travel, brake fluid, voodoo have no effect.

If its the red light on dash, same as handbrake light, that's either the handbrake switch or low fluid (which can be caused by low pads)

[chrisgixer]

Haha sorry... Thank you for your advice....  I shall have a better look at it tomorrow .. I don't do wires and cables n stuff as it confuses me ( as its obvious).. Small niggles like this really get on my t**s.. Like to see obvious problems...

It's really easy. Make a piece of wire in a u shape and plug it in. Simples.

[vauxsull]

Yup... Warning in the info display... Going to change pads anyway as they are half gone so shall see if there's a break in the painfully thin wires and with my diminishing eyesight too

[chrisgixer]

If its Brakepad in the MID, (or the orange light under the TID on TID cars), then that is simply the circuit is broken. Piston travel, brake fluid, voodoo have no effect.

If its the red light on dash, same as handbrake light, that's either the handbrake switch or low fluid (which can be caused by low pads)

...and hence fitting new pads might push the fluid back up the system and raise the level in the brake fluid tank. (Although opening the calliper nipple is the best when pushing the pitons back in, before Master Dtm goes off on one )