CAR NOT BIKE break pad sensor workarounds

[talkToTheHat]

I've got a ghastly 2004 Polo. Long ago the brake pad wear sensor at the front was removed and the wires cut and twisted together. I think there's a break in this wiring further up after it meets the ABS sensor wiring at a moulded junction. If the cable trunking is disturbed (a full turn of the steering wheel to the right consistently triggers this) then it trips the pad wear warning light and associated buzzer. Any ideas on how I can stop this false positive as it's really annoying?

ABS and emergency brake assist work fine.
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[Sister Sledge]

Been a wee while since I did pad sensors but do they not work like this: Pad wears down and reaches the sensor. This (somehow) completes a circuit and sets warnings off??
Pads I've done in the past always only had one wire going to them. Once worn, it reached the disc which is ground in a car and completed a simple circuit.
Obviously modern cars might be different.

Edit: Just realised you mentioned wires twisted together. You sure those are from the pad wear sensor?? If there's more than one wire is that not the ABS sensor wire??
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

On some German makes there's a wire embedded in the pad, when it wears through the circuit goes open and the braking system controller throws a warning.

This can sometimes be bypassed by disabling the pad wear warning in the ECU.

The trick applied here seems to be to permanently complete the circuit by shorting it, which is a bodge. Best resolution would be replace the sensor wire and fit oem pads.

Second best is to replace the worn wiring and short it out again, or short it further up where the wire is not broken.
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I wouldn't be surprised of it was just the wiring from the old sensor broken up internally, somewhere up to the connector. It;s only this part which moves every time you turn the front wheels or the suspension moves. Over time, the wiring will break internally.

The sensors are so cheap, why not just fit one? I quite like a bit of warning before my pads give up the ghost. I'm also surprised a bodge like that passes an MOT, considering a pad wear sensor light not coming on with ignition, is now a fail.
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[talkToTheHat]

VW sensors are in the pads, current pads are pattern and have no sensors.

But the problem is that the cabling leading upto the pad is damaged somewhere. The ABS sensor is connected and appears to work.
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[jimspeed]

Or just find someone local with vcds to change the dash coding, if not then just connect the 2 wires together under the scuttle where they come thru.
If your anywhere near me I'll plug in and deactivate it for you, sy84ad ..
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[talkToTheHat]

It's not the sensor on the pad, that's gone as is the connector on the section of wiring loom it connects to, it's been cut short and shorted. Looks like i'm tracing the wire back. it resets when I turn the car off, but comes back on with steering lock.

Looks like a wire tracing job.
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