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did my rear pads yesterday. easy job. however round red message is now played not all the time and is getting less but whar have i disturbed lollol
 
agreed took caliper . off didnt disconnect anything electronic. will it sort its self out
 
Can you get in there with an air line? Is there a wear indicator on the back pads? If so it might be worth giving the contact a squirt of electrical contact cleaner.
 
have to look at weekend when i do other side. brakes working well but alarm still going manly round corners. thanks for your helphelp. dont think there is wear indicator as it should of been flashing when pads where out. will check though
 
ABS sensor I guess, the rears don't have a wear seasor. It's not just bad luck is it and that the front wear sensor (near side) has been set off by worn old pads?
 
Wouldn't the abs light be on if it was an abs prob? Have you checked the brake fluid level?
 
The most obvious thing here really is scan with fault codes too. I would have expected the ABS light to have stayed on.
 
no abs light on. brake fluid is the only thing with an electrcal connection i have touch. would plug in but as its not all the timetime wouldit show does ecu store fault codes
 
I would check the fluid level and the sensor on the reservoir is working properly first
 
just check freezing out there . i took caliper off must have taken while to get into system but fluid was below sensor. topped up and pumped brakes with engine on. has gone down again but not as much will keep eye on it. lost lot of fluid on because i had to take off to rewind pot and was stiff. dont think it leaks done 150 miles since change brakes are bang on.
 
There should be a max and min mark on the side of the reservoir, if you have disconnected the caliper I would check its definately not leaking to be on the safe side :)
 
problem solved no leaks just lost more than i thought. idiot boy alarm no longer going of . fluid level restoredrestored thanks for all your help
 
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