Peugeot 405 SRi: brake pad warning light came on; pads replaced; warning light stays on. Any idea how to reset? CHeers, Chris

Here's a link to read. http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/143844-Brake-pad-warning-light-staying-on-after-change

It's an yellow warning indicator lamp. It lights when brake pads are weared. Now it's time to replace used brake pads!

dealer only job ,i am surprissed that it even started and the immobilisor didnt cut in

This indicates that your brake pads are worn bad enough for the warning light to come on. You need to have new pads put on the front before they dig into the rotors and have to have them turned as well. I would do this asap.
Sincerely,
Shastalaker7

Don't know about what is reasonable in something other than USD, but pads are cheap and replacing them *can* be cheap - but remember it's always a good idea to re-surface the rotor when replacing pads (or the drums when replacing shoes on rear wheels).

If you don't, the new pads will quickly wear into the current grooving of the disc and lose a lot of useful life pretty quickly.

For stop-start city usage, it's not uncommon to require brake servicing after 30,000-35,000 miles (automatic trans) (or 48000-56000km).

-Ben

sounds like a fault on traction control or abs
check the abs rings on the front drive shafts

Check to see if your brake pads and rotors are in good condition. Or if you have replaced the pads yourself and have not reset the wheel sensors this would cause the ABS Antilock Brake System light and the ASC Automatic Stability Control light to stay on as the ASC uses the ABS brakes with computer assistance to control the car

As the brake pads wear, the brake pad wear sensor contained in the brake pad contacts the brake rotor. This causes the sensor to fail. When a pad wear sensor fails it opens the ground circuit of the pad wear warning light system causing the pad wear warning light to illuminate. Perform normal brake service to correct this condition and be sure to replace the brake pads with pads containing wear sensors. Once the brake pads and wear sensors are replaced, reset the brake pad warning system by turning the ignition switch to the "on" position. As long as continuity to ground exists through all the brake pad wear sensors the system should reset and the pad warning light in the dash will go out. If the pad warning light does not go out, a check of the pad warning circuit for an open circuit condition or poor ground must be performed.

I suggest a visit to your local library (or Amazon) and get the 'Haynes Manual' ..

try a pressure bleeding system on it for the brakes.incidentaly if using the pedal to bleed brakes or getting new pads out to their position gentle use of pedal is advised otherwisw you can reverse the seals in the master cylinder and you wont get any pedal if this happens