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Old March 23rd 17, 03:12 AM posted to rec.autos.tech,alt.autos.bmw
Steve W.[_6_]
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Default Brake pads on BMW

The Todal wrote:
> On 22/03/2017 17:28, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> The Todal > wrote:
>>> I have a 2012 BMW 3 series. I recently had two tyres replaced in a tyre
>>> and exhaust centre, and the man told me that both my front and rear
>>> brakes were worn and should be replaced within weeks.

>> Well, of course they are worn. The question is how worn are they?
>>
>>> Yet the car itself is telling me that there are at least 6000 miles left
>>> before brake replacement is necessary. Which advice is likely to be more
>>> reliable? If the brake pads are dangerously worn, will the car's warning
>>> lights alert me?

>> I believe that you still have the electronic sensor on the brake pads on
>> this car, although you should check to make sure. If that's the case, when
>> the brake pads get worn down to the level of the sensor, the sensor will
>> wear through and you'll get a light on the panel telling you that the pads
>> need replacing. Only the front brakes have the sensors, but the front pads
>> wear faster than the rears normally.
>>
>> There are people who will argue that since the pads are only $35 for a set and
>> the sensors are $15 or so each that it's better to replace the pads before the
>> sensors go, because it'll save you $30 on the job. These people are likely
>> not working at your local tire and exhaust center, though.
>> --scott
>>
>>

>
> Thanks for that advice. I think I'll have the pads replaced then. I hope
> the tire and exhaust centre has the technology to re-set the BMW onboard
> computer so that it knows that the pads have been replaced.


That's the easy part. Finding someone there to remove and install the
new pads correctly is the tough part...

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Steve W.
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