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Old 18th January 2013, 08:37 PM
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Don't think its pads ,the pad alarm is a yellow one a circle with what appears to be dotted pads to each side, I did have a quick look at the pads and they appear to have lots of meat left.
It was too cold to play with the brake fluid sensor wire tonight ,I will have a play with a multimeter in the morning ( as long as it don't snow )
I will let you know how I get on
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Old 18th January 2013, 09:09 PM
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Were the bars at the sides of the exclamation mark solid or broken?

Broken lines is brake wear, solid is a brake system problem... Not seen a failure in the fluid level sensor myself before, but not impossible.
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Old 19th January 2013, 12:02 PM
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Could it be the handbrake switch playing up, so it thinks you have the handbrake on?
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Old 19th January 2013, 10:02 PM
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Were the bars at the sides of the exclamation mark solid or broken?

Broken lines is brake wear, solid is a brake system problem... Not seen a failure in the fluid level sensor myself before, but not impossible.
They were solid, and the scan of the brakes was clean.

I went out this morning and had a look ,the level was right at max in the bottle ,but the connector looked a little strange,so i removed it ,gave it a clean and replaced then went for a small drive. So far the alarm hasn't came back ,may have just been a little oxidation in the connector ,I will be keeping a big eye on it but so far so good.
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