[CarGuy954]

I will be replacing my OEM brake pads with Hawk 5.0 pads due to the ridicious dusting. The oem pads still have some life and I was curious if there is any reason not to replace the wear sensors?

[N1rve]

Originally Posted by CarGuy954

I will be replacing my OEM brake pads with Hawk 5.0 pads due to the ridicious dusting. The oem pads still have some life and I was curious if there is any reason not to replace the wear sensors?

Technically can reuse the brake sensors if they haven’t been tripped, you can reset the mileage in Idrive. But it’s better to have everything new. Some Brakepads come with new sensors like Akebono. Double check before purchasing additional brake wear sensors.

[prostcfc]

I've reused the sensors over and over to the point that I'm shocked they still work (track pads to OEM pads and vice versa), however if it was a one time pad change I'd just change the sensor; it's cheap.

[CarGuy954]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I figuered if they have minimal wear I could reuse them. What needs to be reser in IDrive and is it based on mileage as well as wear?

[prostcfc]

There's nothing to reset in iDrive (nothing even available to do so) if the pad sensor isn't tripped.

On my M340i I've tripped it once. At that point it did a mileage countdown from 2,000 miles until when it estimated I needed to replace the pads. It didn't take 2,000 miles, and it eventually told me to replace them, which I did, and reset in iDrive.

[CarGuy954]

Great I appreciate the help.