Service lights

[Marlon Van Wyk]

Good day guys.

I need some help please. I had my rear brake pads and sensors replaced on Friday. Since then service lights keeps coming on when i start the car. E90 BMW 320i. The brake light indicator stays on and the guy who changed the pads is telling me that it must be the handbrake sensor that is faulty. I dont now much about the sensors but i did try and reset the wanring lights via the youtube videos but nothing works. The rear and back indicator shows just .................. km.

Please can anyone help

 

[Lizzard]

You need to reset them, they haven't been reset.

See, when you change the sensors and disconnect them while the battery is still connected (don't think anyone really disconnects their battery to change the brake sensors :roflol: ) there will be a --------km displayed on your car.

The service lights will be there until you have reset those sensors and they display the km you can do on your new brakes.

Which 320i do you have, navigation screen or the basic radio one without the navigation screen?

And oh yes, FIRE your mechanic :hammerhead:

 

[Bandile]

I saw this on my brother's 320D about a month back after the guy that replaced the front pads for him gave up on the issue. In his case, the person that changed the pads for him did not properly plug in the brake sensor. Remove the wheel and make sure the sensor is properly clipped in and making full contact. That's how I resolved my brother's same issue as yours.

 

[ChrisBrand]

We have a few very handy Fanatics that can Properly check the installation of the brake pad sensors and remove the error for you.

Kindly confirm whereabouts you live and we can work from there

 

[Marlon Van Wyk]

You need to reset them, they haven't been reset.

See, when you change the sensors and disconnect them while the battery is still connected (don't think anyone really disconnects their battery to change the brake sensors :roflol: ) there will be a --------km displayed on your car.

The service lights will be there until you have reset those sensors and they display the km you can do on your new brakes.

Which 320i do you have, navigation screen or the basic radio one without the navigation screen?

And oh yes, FIRE your mechanic :hammerhead:

Hi Thanks for the feedback, i have the basic radio without the navigation screen.

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We have a few very handy Fanatics that can Properly check the installation of the brake pad sensors and remove the error for you.

Kindly confirm whereabouts you live and we can work from there

Hi Chris

I work in Houghton. The Houghton Estate office Park. I stay in Kibler Park.

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I saw this on my brother's 320D about a month back after the guy that replaced the front pads for him gave up on the issue. In his case, the person that changed the pads for him did not properly plug in the brake sensor. Remove the wheel and make sure the sensor is properly clipped in and making full contact. That's how I resolved my brother's same issue as yours.

Thanks Bandile

I will wait and see if Chris can assist me.

 

[Lizzard]

Hi, you can do the following trick and see if this works for you.

When getting into your car, put your foot on the brake pedal (yes the brake and not clutch) and then press the start button as if you were going to start the car, wait for the service lights to go out and then hold down the km reset button that is at your speedometer, hold it in and wait for the brake sign to come up on the display. Then release the reset button at the speedometer, now use your bc stalk up and down dial to scroll through the menu until you get to the brake sign, remember there is front and rear, so ensure you pick the correct one by pushing the stick on the stick (don't know what you call that thing but you normally press this button up and down if you cycle between the kilometers left over based on your fuel, average km per liter and then nothing in the center screen between the dials.

So do it like this:
1. Climb in car and put your right foot on the brake pedal instead of the clutch pedal.
2. Press the start button until all lights are on, on the dash.
3. Wait for all the lights to go out, the service light will be the last one to go out. Once it goes out, then go to 4.
4. Press and hold the reset little stick thingy that is next to your speedometer clock on the dash. HOLD IT
5. The car will start and cycle through a menu again and you wait till it gets to the brake sign, then release the stick thingy.
6. Now go to the BC stalk stick and use the up and down selector on the stick to cycle through the menus until you reach the relevant brake, rear brake picture in this case.
7. Now press the BC button on the stick inwards towards the steering wheel, the screen will display reset. Press it again and HOLD IT.
8. The ---------km will change and you will see 25 000km if I am not mistaken.
9. Take your foot of the brake pedal, push in the start button to switch car off. Take key out, open driver door, close it and then insert the key again into the key hole.
10. Start your car and see if the error is still there, it shouldn't if this was done correctly. Just start from no 1 if anything goes wrong, don't warry cant damage the car this way.


Hope this helps and it is the way you reset all of the service indicators on your car :rollsmile:

Simple me, I didn't read the whole 1st section of this forum. The reason it is displaying the --------km is because of 2 things, either the reset of the 10 steps above wasn't done correctly or the worse part is the (and I believe it to be this) the new brake sensor has been installed incorrectly or is a faulty sensor. (disconnect the sensor in the wheel arch and reconnect it and then reset it via the 10 steps and see if it disappears, might be a bad or dirty (dusty) connection)

 

[Marlon Van Wyk]

Hi, you can do the following trick and see if this works for you.

When getting into your car, put your foot on the brake pedal (yes the brake and not clutch) and then press the start button as if you were going to start the car, wait for the service lights to go out and then hold down the km reset button that is at your speedometer, hold it in and wait for the brake sign to come up on the display. Then release the reset button at the speedometer, now use your bc stalk up and down dial to scroll through the menu until you get to the brake sign, remember there is front and rear, so ensure you pick the correct one by pushing the stick on the stick (don't know what you call that thing but you normally press this button up and down if you cycle between the kilometers left over based on your fuel, average km per liter and then nothing in the center screen between the dials.

So do it like this:
1. Climb in car and put your right foot on the brake pedal instead of the clutch pedal.
2. Press the start button until all lights are on, on the dash.
3. Wait for all the lights to go out, the service light will be the last one to go out. Once it goes out, then go to 4.
4. Press and hold the reset little stick thingy that is next to your speedometer clock on the dash. HOLD IT
5. The car will start and cycle through a menu again and you wait till it gets to the brake sign, then release the stick thingy.
6. Now go to the BC stalk stick and use the up and down selector on the stick to cycle through the menus until you reach the relevant brake, rear brake picture in this case.
7. Now press the BC button on the stick inwards towards the steering wheel, the screen will display reset. Press it again and HOLD IT.
8. The ---------km will change and you will see 25 000km if I am not mistaken.
9. Take your foot of the brake pedal, push in the start button to switch car off. Take key out, open driver door, close it and then insert the key again into the key hole.
10. Start your car and see if the error is still there, it shouldn't if this was done correctly. Just start from no 1 if anything goes wrong, don't warry cant damage the car this way.


Hope this helps and it is the way you reset all of the service indicators on your car :rollsmile:

Simple me, I didn't read the whole 1st section of this forum. The reason it is displaying the --------km is because of 2 things, either the reset of the 10 steps above wasn't done correctly or the worse part is the (and I believe it to be this) the new brake sensor has been installed incorrectly or is a faulty sensor. (disconnect the sensor in the wheel arch and reconnect it and then reset it via the 10 steps and see if it disappears, might be a bad or dirty (dusty) connection)

Hi i will try this today and let you know thanks.