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Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
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OnlineX5Sport
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Re: Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
Only if it has been ‘tripped’ or looks in poor condition.
From memory they aren’t expensive - £10 ish? Might have gone up in the last couple of years though :-[
From memory they aren’t expensive - £10 ish? Might have gone up in the last couple of years though :-[
Never anthropomorphise computers. They hate that.
Re: Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
I have always replaced them with the pads when doing my discovery 3 and will do likewise with the X5. Small cost in the scheme of things compared to scores discs if the warning fails.
5.0L E53 owner who has a child like grin when driving. Hobbies include visiting lots of petrol stations. :drive:
Re: Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
I thought it was more
Pagid items from ECP £14
Pagid items from ECP £14
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OnlineX5Sport
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Re: Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
Still cheap.....
Never anthropomorphise computers. They hate that.
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Re: Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
They are this much:
Front Brake Pad Wear Sensor 34351165579 x1 Pagid £17.59 BMW £22.08
Rear Brake Pad Wear Sensor 34351165580 x1 Pagid £17.59 BMW £21.59
Front Brake Pad Wear Sensor 34351165579 x1 Pagid £17.59 BMW £22.08
Rear Brake Pad Wear Sensor 34351165580 x1 Pagid £17.59 BMW £21.59
E53 X5 4.6is Carbon Black 2003
Mercedes CLK 320
Audi A6 Quattro 2.4
Mercedes CLK 320
Audi A6 Quattro 2.4
Re: Brake wear sensor, do you need a new one each time pads changed?
I think you do. Its part of the countdown on the e70 models.