C8 - Reset brake pad wear alarm?

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fantastic
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C8 - Reset brake pad wear alarm?

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I have a Citroen C8 2.0 HDI 2011
I just changed the front rotors, pads + accessories (and leaky CV-Boot).
The pads came with cables, and I connected them to the cable plug.
However, when driving, I intermittently get the pads worn alert.

Did I make something wrong maybe?

Or do I just need to reset something somewhere in the car?

Thanks!
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Re: C8 - Reset brake pad wear alarm?

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I'm not sure what relevance the picture has?

Those aren't new rotors and the only cable showing is for the ABS sensor not the brake pads....?
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Re: C8 - Reset brake pad wear alarm?

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Hi Mark, I placed another picture with the pad cable.
That's the brake setup BEFORE I changed things.
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Re: C8 - Reset brake pad wear alarm?

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Ok, the other picture was missing when I replied.

The only thing I can think of is that there is a short somewhere along the brake pad wear indicator harness causing the warning. It is not uncommon for these harnesses to become damaged over time. I would check back along the harness and make sure there aren't any exposed wires anywhere and again, where the harness plugs into the adjoining harness.
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Re: C8 - Reset brake pad wear alarm?

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If intermittent it must be a dodgy connection or wire break somewhere. Nice to see a fellow C8 driver here. But not nice if you know what I mean :wink:
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