Audi A3 Brake Pad light

04-02-2013 4:22pm #1

2007 Audi A3 brake pad light has just come on but the pads were replaced 4,500KM ago. Any ideas?

04-02-2013 4:38pm

I would assume that all the pads were replaced, would that be the norm in a garage?

cletus · 04-02-2013 4:42pm

not necessarily, brakes get changed in pairs, either front or back, all four dont have to be changed at the same time

blindside88 · 04-02-2013 4:47pm

Had the same problem on an Octavia a couple of years ago, it turned out that the discs were slightly warped (didn't notice it on braking) but it meant that the pads were wearing unevenly, there was a lot of pad left but the sensor light was on. I'm not sure how common it is

04-02-2013 4:51pm

OSI wrote: »

Nope. They rarely wear at the same rate, so you would be replacing front or back pads usually much in the same way you would usually only have to replace one pair of tyres.

It was the front because they squeaked for a while after. I thought you meant they may not of replaced all of the pads on the front!

dmc17 · 04-02-2013 5:30pm

Happened to me before and turned out it was a CV boot had gone and there was grease on the brake sensor

05-02-2013 6:27pm

It was just a sensor!

Audi A3 Brake Pad light

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