E53 - Check brake lining

[g300d]

Lol yeah, sort of same situation as mine...replaced pads a year previously and was surprised to see the brake pad wear warning so soon!

I have style 63 wheels so you can check the outer pads throught the spokes and they were still far from worn so I looked a bit more and found the broken sensor. My broken one was rear pass side though.

No need to pull the pads, just peek a bit and you can see both inner and outer pads. Yours look fine from the pics.

[dkl]

Originally Posted by JCL

You sure about that? I had single stage sensors on my E53, and dual stage on my E60. I would have thought the E53 used the same part numbers all the way through to EOP.

Agreed...my 02/04 built 3.0i only have the single stage sensors.

[JCL]

I checked realoem and the same sensor was used through to end of production of the E53.

[xbimma]

UPDATE: Bought a new wear sensor ($13) last week installed it yesterday. Cleared the warning on the dashboard today. On to the oil change now. Thanks all for your inputs.