Re: [MBZ] W116 brake wear indicator

2019-04-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Actually I think you and Kaleb are right. I thought the FASTEN BELTS light was working properly but I just checked and it it not. The BRAKE light works with the parking brake as it should. The brake wear light, which looks like (O), comes on momentarily when the key is first turned on. The FASTEN

Re: [MBZ] W116 brake wear indicator

2019-04-17 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
It does that if you have the wrong bulb holders stuck in the wrong places :-) Jaime On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:30 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Does the W116 use the FASTEN BELTS light as a brake wear alert? > > In my '79 300SD I am seeing that light come on with

Re: [MBZ] W116 brake wear indicator

2019-04-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Yes. What's weird is that it also is working normally as the FASTEN BELTS light. Maybe I have a bad ground behind the dash somewhere. Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > No. Is this light in the cluster? Somebody probably inserted the wrong > bulb holder in the wrong hole > > Sent from my iPho

Re: [MBZ] W116 brake wear indicator

2019-04-17 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
No. Is this light in the cluster? Somebody probably inserted the wrong bulb holder in the wrong hole Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2019, at 7:29 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Does the W116 use the FASTEN BELTS light as a brake wear alert? > > In my '79 300SD I am seeing that

[MBZ] W116 brake wear indicator

2019-04-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Does the W116 use the FASTEN BELTS light as a brake wear alert? In my '79 300SD I am seeing that light come on with moderate/heavy braking (not light braking). The light pulsates at first and then becomes steady as brake pressure increases. Allan ___ http://w