 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | | | |  |  |  |  04-01-2010, 01:17 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 130 |  what does this mean? (o)
i have searched the forum for dash lights and i couldnt find anything so i need to know what this means.
i got my baby back from the shop today. they were suppose to replace the oil filter housing gasket.
i drive down the street and get onto the ramp headed for the highway and i see this light pop on
looks like this
(o)
but the "brackets" are dashed. i think it was right next to the brake fluid light or brake light.
but does anyone know what that means
it went off right when i got on the highway but came back on on the way home.....then went off again.
thankz guys |  |  | | 04-01-2010, 01:24 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 874 |
dude i didnt even know a dash light like that existed | | | | | 04-01-2010, 01:27 AM | #3 | | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 |
Do you have an owners manual? It should explain what all the lights mean. __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH!
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From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | | | 04-01-2010, 01:44 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 130 |
yea neither did i.......when i saw it i was like WTF!!
and i dont think i do, i dont remember one coming with the car unfortunately. thats why i sent out a post. but i will double check in my dash just to make sure. | | | | | 04-01-2010, 02:02 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Brake pads. Either front or rear. __________________ ...steven
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| | | | | 04-01-2010, 02:21 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 130 |
cool......thanks.
how come i always get "new" light popping up when i get my car back from the shop. i swear its a set up. lol
why is it that the light comes on for a while then goes away? | | | | | 04-01-2010, 03:09 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Could be a frayed pad sensor wire. __________________ ...steven
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| | | | | 04-01-2010, 04:52 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 130 |
well, now that i think about it. when i took it for inspection about a year ago, they told me that i would need brakes soon. interesting their concept of soon.....a yr later. lol. | | | | | 04-01-2010, 05:34 AM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 |
YOu can get a pair of stock rotors from bimmer world real BMW for 20 bucks....
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2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | | | 04-21-2010, 03:52 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 130 | changin rotors?
so i was checking things out back there and i think i should change the rear rotors aswell.
so, i am looking at the set bavauto sells. but now i see all the options i could do for these. i dont mind going stock, but i would like a lil bit of a performance upgrade. i got the pagid rear brakes from bavauto.
i def need to know how difficult it is to change the rear rotors too.......from 1-10?
is there a sticky or something already on this?
thankz...
also i read on a forum that while ceramic breaks are good for low noise and dust, some stopping power is lost compared to semi-metallic. true, untrue? | | | | | 06-16-2010, 10:43 PM | #11 | | Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: pa Posts: 45 |
so has anyone found out what this light really is? because its starting to come on | | | | | 06-16-2010, 11:47 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
Quote: Originally Posted by huckaboo  so has anyone found out what this light really is? because its starting to come on | Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti Brake pads. Either front or rear. | Steven got it, it's in the owners manual too | | | | | 06-17-2010, 01:26 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Westfield, IN Posts: 1,335 |
Its the Brake Pad Wear Sensor.
"Comes on during starting, and goes out once the engine has started. Should the lamp come on during normal vehicle operation, respond by having the brake pads inspected at the earliest opportunity." __________________ Greg
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