Low brake pad warning light

[goofy gorilla]

Hi got a mk 6 golf tdi..the low pad wear sensor light is on the dashboard...had brakes checked...front pads, and rear pads all good ....brake fluid full...why isn't the light going off.. ? I had front pads changed last year...car brakes and stops as it should..any ideas? Ta

 

[Burnerman]

Check that the handbrake on switch is operating -pull and release the lever a few times.
I guess the brake lights are functioning - can you get someone to check?
John

 

[cdbe]

Check one of the sensor wires isn't broken or unplugged. You'd like to think whoever checked the pads would have done so but who knows.

 

[Burnerman]

Personally I’d go for the float sensor in the filler cap on the master cylinder, but who knows?
John

 

[goofy gorilla]

Will have a look...are there sensors on the rear brake pads too?

 

[Burnerman]

Ive never seen sensors on the rear pads.
John
Allow me to edit this one.....sensors on one side of the rear do exist, I’ve seen them on the R but never on the Mk 6 Golf.
If there is, the wire should be visible.
John