thats the light and i have no clue on what it could be and if you know is it costly past warrenty...:/

 

your linky no worky

 

linky....

 

post the pic on the NAM gallery or invite us all as friends on facebook.

 

This linky

 

ummmm,



yeah about that pic.......

 

bad brakes, maybe worn pads

 

my brakes are new but i never got around to finishng the job and putting rotors on so maybe bad rotors? my car has also been sitting for a month at the body shop

 

could also be an ABS malfunction. Go to Autozone or someone like that and have them read the error codes for you. If you tell me the codes, I can tell you the exact problem. (they probably can too)

 

BTW, I think that symbol only appears on the Canadian MINIs. Is yours from CN?

 

nooo lol it very well might be it is different than any other mini

 

the lamp is lit after the brake job because the wear-sensors were not replaced, I betcha.

 

that little wire? i think i kinda broke it when i was doing my brakes its only on one side the driver side?

 

There is a sensor on both front and rear, on opposite sides. do them both now. then if i remember right you have to access the OBD port to reset (AND drive a bit) but it's all a fog, man.

Tatt

 

Its the brake replacement light, mine is on right now, if you change the brakes and the light is still on, you didnt replace it with a new sensor, which is like 20 bucks i think. There is a way you can just ground the wire tho, so the light is off, just keep a mental note on how long u drive on those pads, check em in a while.

 

That is the brake pad warning sensor light, you have a bad sensor wire

 

mine just came on..
i only have 35k miles on the oem pads so far..
i do have green stuff brake pads that has about 90% left
so i can switch the oem ones with those..

but my question is..the sensor wire or wear-sensors..does autozone carry it? i have no clue wat it looks like or where it goes..
some insight on this would be greatly appreciated

 

The brake sensors are something like a $15.00 replacement item. I think they're located on the front left and right rear wheels only. Whichever one you broke is the reason for the idiot light.

 

You won't find this at AutoZone ... or I'd be VERY surprised if U did. A MINI specific item you'll need to go to a dealer or a store that carries our parts. Here's one, and a description:

http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/NMB1014/InvDetail.cfm


BUT...has this lite been on since you changed pads? The lite would come on when the sensor was activated by the pad wearing down. As I read your post you have changed pads, they still have 90% left and NOW the lite came on. If that's so...you have a different problem cuz the sensors (rt front and left rear btw) should not have kicked in at this time.... do you have EBC at all 4 corners?

Actualy...your post is a wee bit cornfusing . . .

 

oh no no..i have "new" pads with about 90% left that i want to change.. sorry for my confusing post..
and i only have front two pads..but i took a look at my brake pads..and they are REALLY low..as to why the light came on..
so let's say if i replace my brake pads with the ebc ones..do i have to get the brake sensors?
or will it automatically know that the brakes arent low anymore?

thanks for the help guys!

 

oh wait..just saw on minimania that i do need to replace them..
more money down the drain instead of on parts i want

 

I was able to find my front one at NAPA. But I have seen them on eBay all the time even cheaper. Even in sets of front and rear.

I believe that what happens is that the brake pad gets thin enough that the Bubble of plastic on the sensor touches the Rotor and then wears it off and breaks the wire continuity. So to defeat it I think you can simply strip the wires and twist the wires back together and go through the reset procedure and that would kill the light. If I am correct that it is a normally closed loop system and it senses the break in the wire as its trigger that is. But you wouldn't have the sensor anymore if you did this. Simple to plug a new on in but you need to do it while you have the calipers off.

 

totally forgot about ebay thanks!!

and also..i was curious..would the dealer cover warranty on the brakes? i've only had my mini for about 2 years and 2 months so far..

 

If you don't want to have to replace them again you can use a wire tie to hold the end to the wire. Down side there will be no wear sensor so you will have to keep an eye on your breaks.

 

I don't think that wear items are covered under warranty. But the Mini brakes are nothing special really. Any brake place can do them. They might not be aware of the sensor so it would have to either be pointed out to them ahead of time that they need one or provided by you. And you might have to explain the light reset procedure to them or do it yourself. Thats what I had to do. My normal alignment brake place did mine for me.