Just done this on a e53 X5 ,after I damaged the wire when changing back brake pads ,IT WORKS. Cheers

That light was a real pain in the ass, even with both sensors changed on my bmw it was still on. Comp. Diagnostic said that there’s no break related issues, my break pads were also in good condition. So after watching this I just did what I had to do myself and the light went off. I didn’t touch the front sensor, only the rear one. That’s all, I’ll check my break pads every once in a while and forget about the damn (!) light. Thank you!

Just the right thing for our 2019 X1, thx for the great info, cheers from Alberta

Thanks for the info. I like your red "safety toe" socks in the garage.😂

some people do not know how to check for oil level, forget it about pads now... is there for a reason, any how great video for who it interests

Do you have to cut the long thing off at the end on the sensor or can you just leave it on incase you want to connect another sensor up in the future?

How many sensors do you have to cut & tie together. Also, would it be better to disconnect the battery before I do this?

Hello Carquestion i have a 1990 Bmw 535i and is been almost over 3 months i get this messages (1 brake light + and F/ fog light ) i checked the fuse no 1 is good i even changed the brake light switch ,the messages still on on the instrument cluster everytime i turn the key on the ignition the brake light comes on and stay on.

Totally worked. 2012 BMW 135i. Thanks for this.

FYI, for some models, there are two sensors not one, front left and rear right. and you have to wait 15 seconds with the (key on engine off) to turn off the lamp after hacking the sensor

Hi, good job, but can you put video or something how look message on board, after you shortcontact wire. THX.

Thank you! Worked on my e90 m3

That ish is coming off tomorrow. many thanks ...Effing annoying when an bought new pads only for garage to tell me my rear brakes are fine. wished i had seen this

This actually. Solved my problem!!!! Thank you so much!!!

beautiful, just worked on my E36 I hate lights on the dash ! Thanks A TON

1997 z3 has three wires on r/f. do i cut all three?

do you have trouble resetting on dash board?

Love it. Thanks Buddy.

Thank you!!! This worked perfectly on my 2008 bmw 535xi

Worked perfectly for my 2017 BMW X3, Thanks 🙏

Yo dude I did this on my 116 f21 , reset the dash warning and yeah it works, just wrapped the wires with some tape instead of the heat shrink thanks from Ireland

I still have light on after doing this I’m glad it worked for so many others. I had no lights before I changed all 4 wheel bearings. Now I have traction control light flat tire indicator and brake light very frustrating

BMW 335d. This worked perfectly. Thanks.

Nice video. Thanks.I have a disc that turns but stops after a couple of inches. It seems locked somehow. What can that be?

This is the Best move!!!Thank's for video!

This looks like a lot of work, I found that if you cut a tiny piece of electrical tap and put it on the dash over the warning light it will make disappear the problem

Will this work on bmw m3 f80???

Thank you it really works for E60 2004

My light came on, after my front pads wore far enough. My theory is that the sensor gets worn into, cutting the connection. Following your video, fixed my light, after installing the new pads. The real fix, however, is to buy a new sensor. They're fairly cheap, on Rockauto; around $5 I'm okay with this fix, but whenever I need more parts, I'll just throw the sensor, in my shopping cart. Thank you for the helpful video though. I hate seeing the light

Great video keep them coming

Thank you! Work to my E39 525 Tds!

How many K.M. may I , drive in local with out change the pads on 2008 BMW X5 3.osi after replace pads signal is on ?

Work great on bmw e90 thanks 👍🏽

Does it work on X5 2014?

Wow!! Easy peasy lemon squeeze !! Beautiful !!

100% worked on my 2001 E39 530d rear sensor was brand new but still had the dreaded light ( ! ) so i cut the front sensor out and did as described and reset the light using the brake pedal method and the lights gone!! cheers!

This works on a bmw 335i 2008?

@UCn1--EVqoVU99lvVSHAfbSQ My car BMW X6 E71 2008 has the same problem and red message for rear and back brake pad worn for rear and back pads.Trying different soft and way in many well know garages. It can fix in this way the red light on BMW X6 E71?

I guess this doesn't work for all models and years? I clipped mine and capped it but now my light is on nonstop. Gonna have to buy a replacement sensor now. Good thing they're cheap or I wouldn't have attempted it.

i have brake warning lite on my mini one and pads are ok thiknes but will the brake lite on daSH GO OUT

It will come on anyway because the computer will calculate how many miles it could drive with new pads. The computer will notice when you disconnect the sensor and start counting up again like to 25k and give you a warning anyway. It even sets a code if you don’t open the circuit ones. And you can’t reset the brake wear if the circuit wasn’t open.

Sir, i owned a 2007 320i with 140K on it. Suddenly my car started to jerking/kicking while in D position When i'm at a corner and pressed the brake in the car is jerking/kicking. I've also noticed that the gears P,R,N,D indicator on the dash jumps on and off. Do you have a solution for this issue?

Worked great on 2013 M5.

That worked wonderfully!.. Beers on me!! thanks BMW X3 '04 m54e83

I can confirm this wonderful video has worked for me. I have a BMW E60 2004. Front left brake wear sensor was bad. I cut the wire like in this video and twisted them together. If you don't have heat shrink just use the good old black electrical tape. Worked perfectly. All you gotta do then is go back into the car and reset the brake pads warning light. There are tons of videos on how to do this on KZfaq for BMW. Thank you to the poster for this saving me some cash for a new brake wear sensor and who knows even if I bought the brake wear sensor will that even solve the problem.

Hi great adviice … could you confirm if this will turn off the Orange/yellow break warning that appears in the Dashboard:? Thanks

DAM IT !!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN !!

I own a bmw x5 e70, while playing around with the carly obd I tried to reset the brake pad sensor . I had not been getting any error and brake pads are fine. My intention of doing the reset was to try and increase the time before the warning shows up. Anyways long story short as soon as I tried to reset it, the brake pad error started to flash. It says replace brake pads as they are worn out. I took it to the bmw service station and they told me that the brake pads are fine but there is no way to get rid of the error. I will need to replace the brake pads and sensor if I want the error to go. Or I can continue to drive it with the error message. The message comes on everytime I start the car and it bothers me. Would the fix that you showed work in my case.?

What kind of transmission fluid is better for E90 320i 2007?

Worked on mine as well. Complete the circuit.

I have a 2008 128i and will definitely try this - no one has demos on how to replace damn thing anyway. Now if I could only find the instruction set for the new rotors lol.

Thanks ! I Thogh need to separet! :) and get the light messeg :)

Any chance this faulty sensor could cause a parasitic draw on the battery?

Okay if I'll do this, will my screen shows brake pads are worn to the minimum thickness. Have the pads replaced by the nearest BMW center? Or it will not after I reset it again??? Because my sensors was good but I reset it twice after 1st change pads and now it doesn't reset and says: front or rear brake pads service due soon??

Going to try this tomorrow as I’ve changed these front and rear and it still won’t go off!! But...you mention the light still comes on on mileage!? What does this mean. Will I never be able to get rid of it because my car has done a certain number of miles? (99k) regardless if I have brand new pads and discs?

Wtf are people talking about? You can literally see the pad and rotor by standing in front of the wheel. You don't need to jack it up or anything. Literally bend down and look at if it has good pad life. You can even feel the rotor to see if it has grooves. Takes literally zero mechanical knowledge. So for people saying it isn't safe and the sensor is necessary....what's even less safe is being so clueless about your car that you can't even bring yourself once a month to stop in front of each wheel and spend 10 seconds to look at your brakes. Who knows, you may find a nail in your tire you were unware of in the process. Mind boggling how dependent people are on technology! Even more mind boggling how they try to pass being dependent off as the "intelligent" thing to do! For those that aren't aware about BMW's, they are known to have an issue with the brake sensor (imagine that, a BMW with electrical glitches) . Even if you buy brand new factory sensors they don't always work. So then you are stuck with a car that claims it needs brakes via the warning on the dash, that indeed does NOT need brakes. There are literally tons of pages of people complaining about not being able to reset the low brake pad light even with brand new factory sensors...So this guy is showing you how to bypass this. So many a$$hurt people that have to come on here and whine about how they are offended. Thanks for the video Mark.

Sick, worked after having the ignition on for a while. Probably reset the thing

I tried front and rear?

You have to do it in both front tires?

do you have to do both front and rear?

Works great on BMW E87 118d 2006 ...Thnks !!!

Yes, quite right - the indicator is actually redundant - you check easily the condition of pads as you change tyres, typically twice a year. Cheers from Finland! Thank you.

I have BMW 320i 2012 and brakes and disks have been replaced with BMW genuine parts and i tried this for both front and back sensors and even did software reset still the red light is on pls help

Thank you and good job

Also, thank you for the video!

I have a 1999 BMW 528i the bake light and abs are on how do I turn them off

Will this work on my 2011 328i coupe?

Weird. Wouldn’t twisting the wires together cause it to complete the circuit making it think the sensor is touching the rotor?

Do you have to do all wheels ?

will this work on a 2001 325ci?

My light just came on at 100k which seemed weird because the brakes were done a months ago. Thanks for the info.

Is this a common issue with these? Would guess its the only reason to defeat a sensor in this manner if its going off prematurely.

After i do that i erase the code and should be good?

So you leave the sensor plugged in under the wheel arch an then the end that plugs into the break pad is what you splice together?

I have done this on my E90 2008 front and rear but the brake indicator stays on. What did i do wrong?

Hi, will this work for a 2006 e90 3 series?

2003 525i BMW 140,000 miles. The brake sensor light and warning triangle continue to come on after having new brakes and pads. Was told sensors were fine. Soon the ABS brake light started lighting along with the brake sensor. Told the module was the likely problem. After searching found a used module and had it completely checked out by a company in Colorado with a 5 year guarantee. Received and had the module installed. ABS red warning is gone but the yellow brake sensor and warning triangle problem continues. Told the brake light sensors could be the problem. Had the brake light sensors replaced. Problem continued. Light goes off each time with ignition and takes about 5 to ten minutes of driving before the yellow brake light returns. At least the ABS red warning light no longer comes on. Recently called BMW. They told me to replace/ flush brake fluid. Had the brake fluid flushed and replace. The yellow brake light sensor and warning triangle continues to come on after a short drive. Looking for solutions.

can u do this with abs sensor

ur my hero I love it

Must you do that for all four wheels.

Why not do the splice back at the connector box?

Worked perfect! Thanks a lot dude ✌🏻

2008 535xi.....how do I bypass TPMS?

Does this work on f30s??

Worked on my E90....Thanks!

it also worked on mercedes w211 e55 i looped the front left rotor sensor & bye bye no more brake icon.

For all u that got your panties in a wad that he should buy yet again another sensor should simply watch another video. This is a cool hack.

Hi it didnt work on my 2000 bmw 320i

THANK YOU!

thanks for this!!

Brake light is still on after twist the wires togehter, what to do? BMW X5 E53. 2003

Ok i tried that and light is still on what else could it be and I did both of them front driver and rear passenger

Don’t understand why these nerds are complaining about a great vid, why would you want to pay for something that’s completely pointless & isn’t even accurate. JUST LOOK AT YOUR BRAKE PADS

Anyone knows error code CC ID 718？

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Genuis, thats what i call it.

i did just that, but after i try resetting the error on the dash, holding the odometer peg and getting to the brake option, i hold to confirm reset, it blanks then returns to -9000. the error remains on the dash, i cant get rid of the stupid message, i have a 2004 525i, if anyone can please guide me id really appreciate it

I have an aftermarket big brake kit, and my sensor doesn't reach!! should I cut it? Also, is this process reversable ? lets say I wanna sell the car, and the buyer starts asking why is there a brake light on the dash?

Can i do that on my 540i 1997?

That's old school stuff for regular people !! thanks