Traction fault after brake pad swaps

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Mukiwa

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Winsford, Cheshire, near Oulton Park

• Sep 6, 2014

• #1

Hi all,

I just swapped all the pads over. Now I have Traction fail after the beep on the dash. I have searched but can't find anything similar.
Any pointers please?
Thanks
Mukiwa

 

Datatek

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• Sep 6, 2014

• #2

Disturbed the cable/conector to one of the sensors or the sensors themsleves.

 

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Mukiwa

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Winsford, Cheshire, near Oulton Park

• Sep 6, 2014

• #3

False alarm. It's ok now. Went up and down the road, turned the engine on and off - voila! No alarms.

As a bonus it now STOPS! The last pads must have been made of wishes rather stopping material

 

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Mukiwa

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Winsford, Cheshire, near Oulton Park

• Sep 6, 2014

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Datatek said:

Disturbed the cable/conector to one of the sensors or the sensors themsleves.

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Thanks for the reply Datatek, I thought it might be that but it cleared itself. Brake fluid change in the next couple of weeks

cheers,

Mukiwa

 

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donp38

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• Sep 7, 2014

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Brake fluid change?

Make sure you follow RAVE procedure.....

 

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Mukiwa

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• Sep 7, 2014

• #6

Thanks for the tip ;-)

 

ukadamwest

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• Sep 7, 2014

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I've found in the past that crap on the sensors or the sensor ring (on other car types) leads to ABS/traction messages, use of brake cleaner and compressed air to blow the crap off is the first step in checking for faults !!