What would you do?

Boskowski

Just had my rear brake pads changed on my 1998 E39.

Run of the mill tyres, brakes and exhaust place kind of garage on the main road down here. When I went in there they said it was going to take 25 mins. Took them an hour while I was waiting and I had the feeling something was up.

Sure enough he comes up with a story of the pads had been 'down so much' that the brake pad sensors were 'burned down'. Surely a bull story cos if they were 'down so much' the warning light would have come on in the first place.

Checked the thing now and sure the idiots just cut them off and and short circuited the wires so that the light wouldn't come on.

It's an old (but fine) car but it's most certainly a case of they hadn't got a clue that the pad sensors needed careful removing for the pad change and I bet they fkn ripped them off, patched it up and thought what harm.

What would you do? Go back and stir sh1t and demand new sensors or just leave it?

homer90

Boskowski wrote: »

Go back and stir sh1t and demand new sensors or just leave it?

Fookin right go back......

mondeo

Jesus I'd be pissed! If they deny it get the gardai down on the spot and the hassle of a possible showdown in front of his customers may change his mind.

The Gardai won't be remotely interested anyway.

Did they tell you there and then they had removed the pad sensors or did they claim they had replaced them? If they told you on the spot and you have paid you have already accepted the ****ty work so insisting on them now isn't a strong position to be in.

If they gave you the impression you still had sensors then go back and ask them wtf is the story as the sensor wires are bodged to stop the light coming on and there are no senors there.

Boskowski

He said to me the wires were worn so they put tape on it. He gave me no indication they cut them.

mickdw

If they have cut and joined the wires on the the replaceable sensor, I wouldnt be too worried but Ive seen idiots cut the connector off the car side of the connection. Thats criminal.

mickdw

mickdw wrote: »

Ive seen idiots cut the connector off the car side of the connection. Thats criminal.

I think that's what they did here.

Boskowski

RoverJames wrote: »

I think that's what they did here.

That's right. I must have a closer look tomorrow. I reckon the destroyed the sensors and I imagine they're just gone now. I've never been at them myself but 'they' say you have to be careful with them as they break easily.

crosshair1

These sensors will have been very brittle after been attached to the original pads. I usually find that they will not unclip without breaking and fit new sensors with new pads.
They certainly should not have botched the job.