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Follow up; As I suspected the connector probably had broken too while changing the brakes. (which made this a bit hard to troubleshoot) but I now cut the cable "above" the connector and did the very same hardwiring there in stead, warning gone. Phew, that was a tough one! Thanks for all the support. Vol

I wonder if I should find a place "higher up" on the other side of the cable, (where it starts) and try hardwiring there. Perhaps something broke in the cable when I messed around so hardwiring them at the very bottom still doesn't close the loop? I assume the cable goes from the brake pad to somewhere around the engine or electronic box? Vol

Yeah, it's just that looping the two wires still gives the error. That's what so mind boggling about this.. Vol

By coding, do you mean connecting like a ODB2 reader and clearing it from there? I do have one of those bluetooth OBD2 readers that I could connect if that can make a difference.

Exactly, and I have only 2 wires in total in my cable - so what are the options besides either connecting them together or having them separate?

Nope, actually didn't.. I'll try that tomorrow!

But wouldn't there be more than two wires inside the cable then? I mean, not that I'm an expert - but if two wires are in the cable, it's either going to be a warning when the loop is "broken" and current is not running through - OR the warning triggers when the loop is closed and the current is running through. Since I've tried the connector off completely that would mean the loop was "open" and current could not run through. That gave a warning - so i tried closing the loop, hardwiring the two wires together - but that still gives a warning. Very confusing Vol

Yeah me too, perhaps the connector is not working properly and disconnecting it "triggered" the issue? Maybe I can cut the wires even further off, before the male connector and wire the two wires together there to rule out the actual connector? Vol What exactly does this mean? Sorry but this was new language to me Mind elaborating? Vol

Hi everyone, Today I had a bit of a big job on my Fabia. Changed brake discs front and back, pads front and back, and brake calipers back. Job went well, took pretty much the whole day but was quite fun! Bled the brakes and it's like new again. .. Only one little issue. I noticed when changing the front pads, that the new pads did not have that "cut out" to place the brake pad sensor in. Not that I really cared though, I always check my pads manually so I don't really need it. Figured I'd just take the sensor cable from the connector since I couldn't put it in the new pads anyway. All good but now when I start the car I have a "Brake pad warning". Damn it, I thought it would work to just remove the connector. Perhaps the sensor wants to have the sensor in a closed loop to give thumbs up? I figured that's the case so I put the connector back, then cut the cable (the part that goes into the pad) and twisted the two wires together to close the loop. Thought I was smart, went into the car and was expecting the warning to turn off. Nope - still warning. Now out of ideas. Basically what I want is to just "disable" the sensor or reset it somehow so it doesn't warn - since I don't really need the warning anyway. Anyone have any ideas what I could do to overcome this issue? Thanks Vol