Brake Pad Wear Sensors

[steve2006]

Over the 13 years I have owned my LS400 import one by one the pad wear sensors have broken resulting in the warning light flagging up after a pad change.

Not wishing to fork out the £50.00 odd that Lexus want to charge me I have simply shorted out the wires and tucked them away and carried out routine visual checks on the pads.

I came across these replacements from China ( I know they may be complete rubbish but at the price worth a try) They are marked as 95 on rears but look very similar to the earlier model so I am going to see if they will fit mine both front and rears (mine has one on each set of pads not just an axle).

Now got to search the bits pot to see if I still have the sensor retaining clips as these are £7.00 each from Lexus ( twice the cost of the sensors!).

They may take some time to arrive but no rush as they haven’t worked for years but from the pictures it looks promising.

Once I get them I will update the thread as to how they are.

If anyone else fancies a try the link is below.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Rear-Axle-Brake-Pad-Wear-Indicator-Sensor-for-Lexus-LS400-95-00-47771-50060/273037988424?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Ddbf6d79da6f142b7b2ac2f83c0427702%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D273037988424%26itm%3D273037988424&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A35ed8406-6264-11e8-8fe9-74dbd1802a25|parentrq%3Aa65a2c711630a9e47133d8e5fffc0c5d|iid%3A1

Wow big link!

[dendonc]

Alibaba is a site worth looking at for Lexus parts, but not just for Lexus parts, everything else is on there except fresh air.

https://bit.ly/2IWXF4h

[Tinonline]

I got mine from Eurocarparts with the applied discount,  whilst this still cost £40 quid it was a better price than most.

[dendonc]

1 hour ago, Tinonline said:

whilst this still cost £40 quid it was a better price than most.

I got some for a 1995 LS400 for around £45 from the eBay lexus online store, it's a hit & miss Lexus site though, sometimes they have you want in sometimes not, I forgot about that

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/lexusofficialstore/

[Newbie1]

I got some for about £3 each thrown in as part of a Rock Auto deal. Cheap Chinese stuff, but the one sensor I've replaced works fine (one year down the line.)