Brake Pressure Sensor Malfunction (not brake wear sensor)

[Lorde]

Does anyone know where the Brake Pressure sensor (not the pad wear sensor) is located on our cars? Looks i've had 2 malfunctions in the past 3 days during very hot weather (100 degree temps).


Wanted to see if this is something I could replace on my own (on same difficulty as pads/rotor change), or even more difficult.

Thanks!

[Moxie]

Originally Posted by Snig

Does anyone know where the Brake Pressure sensor (not the pad wear sensor) is located on our cars? Looks i've had 2 malfunctions in the past 3 days during very hot weather (100 degree temps).


Wanted to see if this is something I could replace on my own (on same difficulty as pads/rotor change), or even more difficult.

Thanks!

Not sure if this is what your looking for, but check out #12

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...27&hg=34&fg=27

[Lorde]

Originally Posted by Moxie

Not sure if this is what your looking for, but check out #12

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...27&hg=34&fg=27

Awesome! Thanks! Looks like part number 12 gets plugged in!

@$125, I hope it's just a loose connection.

Also, where is this diagram located in the car?? #brakeServoUnitNoob

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by Snig

Awesome! Thanks! Looks like part number 12 gets plugged in!

@$125, I hope it's just a loose connection.

Also, where is this diagram located in the car?? #brakeServoUnitNoob

A common problem that the sensor goes bad.

[Moxie]

Originally Posted by Snig

Awesome! Thanks! Looks like part number 12 gets plugged in!

@$125, I hope it's just a loose connection.

Also, where is this diagram located in the car?? #brakeServoUnitNoob

Believe it's under the reservoir. If you’re out of warranty, I’d still take it to the dealer & see if they’d fix it under goodwill. Tom @ EAs posted there’s a TB out on it. As Bubbles said it’s a common problem that I was unaware of until mine went out. Tom said it was due to people spilling brake fluid on it causing it to malfunction. I had the labor covered under goodwill, but paid for the part. The whole bill was ~490 Euro, but I just paid 95Euro.

[tom @ eas]

Originally Posted by Moxie

Believe it's under the reservoir. If you’re out of warranty, I’d still take it to the dealer & see if they’d fix it under goodwill. Tom @ EAs posted there’s a TB out on it. As Bubbles said it’s a common problem that I was unaware of until mine went out. Tom said it was due to people spilling brake fluid on it causing it to malfunction. I had the labor covered under goodwill, but paid for the part. The whole bill was ~490 Euro, but I just paid 95Euro.

+1.

Code will cause car to go into limp mode.

[sleepless]

Originally Posted by tom @ eas

+1.

Code will cause car to go into limp mode.

Yeah, tell me about it