1994 Ls400/celsior Front Pad Wear Sensors

[steve2006]

I have a faulty n/s/f brake pad wear sensor ( like the wires have parted company with the pickup) I contacted the local toyota dealer as mine is the Celsior and was quoted £47.00 + vat.

Is this about right or can someone do better?

Cheers,

Steve

[andy haw]

I have a faulty n/s/f brake pad wear sensor ( like the wires have parted company with the pickup) I contacted the local toyota dealer as mine is the Celsior and was quoted £47.00 + vat.

Is this about right or can someone do better?

Cheers,

Steve

Thats about the price.

You can join the two wires together to make the light on the dash go out.

[steve2006]

I have a faulty n/s/f brake pad wear sensor ( like the wires have parted company with the pickup) I contacted the local toyota dealer as mine is the Celsior and was quoted £47.00 + vat.

Is this about right or can someone do better?

Cheers,

Steve

Thats about the price.

You can join the two wires together to make the light on the dash go out.

Hi Andy,

Thanks very much for the reply luckily only one side has the problem and as the pads are new I have shorted out the sensor wires and will check pads wear by sight.

Cheers,

Steve

[maniek_ls400]

You can join the two wires together to make the light on the dash go out.

Sure that join ? I have the same problem with dash light :-( Yesterday I separated (it is wrong ?) harneses and light on dash still is ON :( From your mail I assume that wires must be joined ? Please confirm this OK ?

Thanks :D

[adz]

You can join the two wires together to make the light on the dash go out.

Sure that join ? I have the same problem with dash light :-( Yesterday I separated (it is wrong ?) harneses and light on dash still is ON :( From your mail I assume that wires must be joined ? Please confirm this OK ?

Thanks :D

Yeah, join them together mate. :D

[steve2006]

You can join the two wires together to make the light on the dash go out.

Sure that join ? I have the same problem with dash light :-( Yesterday I separated (it is wrong ?) harneses and light on dash still is ON :( From your mail I assume that wires must be joined ? Please confirm this OK ?

Thanks :D

Hi,

To confirm the two wires to the pad sensor must be joined together to bypass the sensor and put out the dash light.

The way I did it was ( as the wires had already come off the sensor) strip back the outer sleeving then bear the ends of the 2 wires, twist them together and then use tape to seal up and then secure the stub out of harms way with a cable tie.

The dash light should then go out ( but remember the light only goes out after the engine is started)

If the light doesn't go out after doing this you may have another faulty sensor.

I am doing a bit of research into these sensors to see if they can be remanufactured as it is only the pad part that fails generally through corrosion of the wires going into it and at 47.00 GBP plus tax there must be a cheaper solution.

Good luck with the repair,

Steve

[Bigste]

Just checking old posts on this subject and the price of nearly £50 has to be a joke. Lexus should be ashamed of themselves. Bet it don't cost 10 pence to make. Anybody find a cheap fix cos I got the same problem.

[Nitmoi]

Its a bit more than a couple of wires though and it is probably worth more than a few pence. I was going to put a blob of solder to join the wores again and reposition it and it might work properly again.

The light goes on on the dash if the brake lights are kaput also!

good luck.....

[Fergus the dog]

I have a faulty n/s/f brake pad wear sensor ( like the wires have parted company with the pickup) I contacted the local toyota dealer as mine is the Celsior and was quoted £47.00 + vat.

Is this about right or can someone do better?

Cheers,

Steve

go onto Mtcparts.com in the USA - you may need to e-mail them, they sell them at $15 so I bought 6 4 rear as my MK 2 needed 2 and 2 rear and 2 front spare (these also fit MK3) which was good as I bough a MK 3 whihc needed 2 new brake pad sensors.

I think all in all for the 6 plus postage etc it came to around $75 ie £35 or so

[Fergus the dog]

Its a bit more than a couple of wires though and it is probably worth more than a few pence. I was going to put a blob of solder to join the wores again and reposition it and it might work properly again.

The light goes on on the dash if the brake lights are kaput also!

good luck.....

go onto MTCparts.com they sell them for around $15 - £7-£8