Brake wear and ABS light - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

PLP · 07-15-2021, 04:31 AM

Yeah, when I was putting them back on I looked.
No way to swap them. Idiot proof.

On 2003 - is it OEM or not.... looks original, though. Yes, one could slide it in not all the way... maybe. But would be hard to clip it, I guess.

One could put 180 degree brake sensor, but that would not make any difference.

I would pull all of them out and test or at least visually inspect. There is a chance insulation of the wires got stripped somewhere and is shorting.

I just finished my whole suspension refresh and no lights are on. Yet, I know it is easy to damage the sensors if one is not careful.

Jasper7821 · 07-17-2021, 01:39 PM

My pad wear / ABS lights are all good now. I pushed the harness more into the connector and no ABS light now. I'm still going to install the harness that's coming to me cause the light will probably come on again.
I was going to cut the shielding to see what's pinched or shorting out, but I think I'll just change the harness when the light comes on again.

78F350 · 07-17-2021, 02:31 PM

The harness for the rear brakes goes to a yellow connector that is on the left side firewall in the trunk. If you are running wires for the rear camera, this is a good time to get a look at it anyway.
Just pull the trunk liner away from the firewall and you'll see three or four large rectangular connectors together in the left corner. It's kind of a pain to get them separated and access the pins, but it is 'cleanest' way to replace the harness.
I'll try to get pics and remove the harness tonight.

Jasper7821 · 07-17-2021, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 78F350

The harness for the rear brakes goes to a yellow connector that is on the left side firewall in the trunk. If you are running wires for the rear camera, this is a good time to get a look at it anyway.
Just pull the trunk liner away from the firewall and you'll see three or four large rectangular connectors together in the left corner. It's kind of a pain to get them separated and access the pins, but it is 'cleanest' way to replace the harness.
I'll try to get pics and remove the harness tonight.

Thank you, I'v been working on this car non-stop for the last few months, (thank god for Quickjack) and I think I'm just going to leave it alone until the light comes back on. Since it seems to be a pinched wire, it will probably come back on but we'll see.
I bought a de-pin kit just in case it comes back on in the future.