911Jetta

Very proud of myself after completing my first rotor change, I head out to bed-in the new brake pad/rotor combo.

I follow Stop-Tech's advice and do a couple 60 to 20 decels...then 80 to 20, etc.. So slowly putting some heat into the system. Everything looks good, a couple more fast/slow repeats and now I can smell the pads. Ok, everything is fine...then big "!" lights up.

Adrenaline starts rushing through my body. "are the brakes still working?"...oh ****, everything feels ok...then I laugh, I'm low on gas...gas tank waring light.

Random story I know, but good example of how sometimes you worry the sky is falling with these cars if something little happens. Got to relax my guard.

elbeee964

Happened to me more times than I care to admit.

Seems the 'achtung!' light should have a sidebar "degree of importance" co-signal...

1. "eh"-level (e.g., low on gas)
2. "duh"-level (e.g., the hand brake's on, idiot)
3. "crap"-level (e.g., low brake fluid)
4. "OhCRAP!"-level (e.g., zero oil pressure w/ running motor)

Heh, forgot one:
0. "gremlin"-level (i.e., Nothing's wrong... just seeing if you're awake, mate - and, oh yeah, you've got an electrical problem to track down.)

theGekko

Good story, Jetta! I feel your paranoia!
What rotors did you use? The PPI said the rears are close to needing attention, so I will need to do something soon.

Rocket Rob

My first thought is that your brake fluid level is low. But Lonnie already covered that.