Changed rear brake pads, now lights all over dash
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Changed rear brake pads, now lights all over dash
I changed my rear brake pads today, when I was done, I have Check VSC, Check ESB, parking brake light is on, skid marks in upper left are on, a few others as well.
I screwed up, and left the jack stand under the car, and drove it off of it, but checked all the connections around the wheel, and all seems to be connected, and working. Drove the car, and all seems fine as well.
Any suggestions how to reset all these warning lights, or if there are any ideas what I may have hit or disconnected with the jack stand when it jammed under the car?
I screwed up, and left the jack stand under the car, and drove it off of it, but checked all the connections around the wheel, and all seems to be connected, and working. Drove the car, and all seems fine as well.
Any suggestions how to reset all these warning lights, or if there are any ideas what I may have hit or disconnected with the jack stand when it jammed under the car?
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I assume you had to compress the pistons in the calipers to fit the new brake pads in? In doing so, you forced the brake fluid backwards and I think there is a sensor that detects this and doesn't like it because the brakes are electronically controlled. I may be wrong, but just pull the codes and look. If you just clear the codes, see if they come back... they probably won't.
Check ESB seems to be indicative that it could be as simple as that if everything is connected. The only other thing as mentioned could be that you hit and damaged an ABS sensor.
Check ESB seems to be indicative that it could be as simple as that if everything is connected. The only other thing as mentioned could be that you hit and damaged an ABS sensor.
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I assume you had to compress the pistons in the calipers to fit the new brake pads in? In doing so, you forced the brake fluid backwards and I think there is a sensor that detects this and doesn't like it because the brakes are electronically controlled. I may be wrong, but just pull the codes and look. If you just clear the codes, see if they come back... they probably won't.
Check ESB seems to be indicative that it could be as simple as that if everything is connected. The only other thing as mentioned could be that you hit and damaged an ABS sensor.
Check ESB seems to be indicative that it could be as simple as that if everything is connected. The only other thing as mentioned could be that you hit and damaged an ABS sensor.
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Anybody who does any maintenance on their own vehicle or even just wants to have some knowledge about a problem they are bringing to a shop's attention beforehand to protect yourself from getting gouged should have a scanner these days though since they are cheap and readily available. I suggest you just bite the bullet and buy one, it's not something that you'll regret over the long run.
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OK, got the code reader, plugged it in, and it doesn't seem to be reading the codes. Is there something special you need to do to this car to get it to interact with the reader?
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If you did, and the thing says "reading" or something and then tells you theres no codes then even though it says no codes it is still telling you something. Most lower end OBDII readers do NOT read errors in the ABS system (or airbags). So, that really points your problem in this case to a problem with the ABS, I think.
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Make sure your parking brake is on.
I tried to scan mine and it didn't work - read the instructions and it said your parking brake has to be on. Put the parking brake on and it worked like a charm.
I tried to scan mine and it didn't work - read the instructions and it said your parking brake has to be on. Put the parking brake on and it worked like a charm.
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