I have a year 2010, 1.6 TDI Octavia Elegance - 88,000 miles from new. Now the front brake pads are starting to do metal on metal. I bought a new set from a main dealer, not where the car was purchased from, and when I removed the outer and inner pad from (did the right hand side first) they have no wear sensor wire and plug as compared to the new ones in the box that do! Nor of course did I get any dashboard wear warning lamp. I did notice that the inner pad which would carriy the sensor wire (if it were fitted) still had a reasonable amount of meat on it although it was the outer one that was totally worn away!

 

Have I got the wrong new pads or do I just snip the wires off and fit them anyway? 

 

Appreciate the help!

my 2012 Vrs doesn't have the sensor (wiring and pad with built in wire)

My 2010 has the sensor. Only one pad has it. I have a pic somewhere

Verificar pastilhas dos travões = Verify break pads

Edited 23 November, 201312 yr by alberg

My 2010 vrs has it on front passenger side brake pad.

My 07 ambient has warning for pads. Last person damaged connector that goes to

Loom,so lamp on all time. Joined both wires together lamp now off,but of course it does nt do

Job anymore. Will get it repaired when weather gets bit better. Go through lot of tyres as taxi

Check pads quite regularly

Leave you this pic of the pads I used on my 1.6tdi, you can check from part number if it suits yours

Edited 24 November, 201312 yr by alberg

Just phoned the main dealer and had them punch in my reg number. I gave them the associated part # of the bits I bought (1K0-698-151-F) and they told me that the part # is correct for my car and that there is only one type of brake pad made and that is the type with the wear sensor wiring and so I should snip the wiring if I don't require it! 

 

I must check on the old pad was there a snip that took place there too as it rolled along the assembly line as this is the first change from new...

 

I'll report back later... :think:

Okay...the reason I put this posting is because I tackled the right hand wheel first and seen no brake wear sensor. Apparently it's on the left hand wheel only - just one sensor on the inner (piston) side. In my opinion this is a bit of a poor design and for the following reasons...

 

It was the right hand side that wore quicker for me - by a lot too - and I really cant say why that might be. Click on the picture below of the right hand pads with the outer one beginning to score but with 5mm still on the inner one...

 

And below are the left side pair both quite even and still with considerable meat. Note the sensor is on the left side set only and on the inner (piston) pad...

 

Below is the new set sitting into the left hand caliper - but why is the sensor wiring entering the pad at that distance away from the metal back plate - isn't the disk going to eat into it way before it is nearly worn...

 

Just like it did below on the old one even though there's plenty of meat left...

 

So it leaves me wondering firstly as to why the wires do not enter the pad perhaps from behind the and perpendicular to the back plate and maybe penetrating into the brake material by a couple of mm and secondly why there is no sensor on the right hand wheel also - how much more would it have cost?

 

Also - I'm wondering that even if the above was the case it still wouldn't have given me any sensory type warning as it was the outer pad that wore to the back plate rather than the inner pad. I think there's something weird on my car that that one pad alone wore to 1mm whilst all the others were about 5mm?