Brake Pad Warning Message

[Vu1can]

Recently I've been getting a message, "New Brake Pads Detected. Reset Brake Pad Life?", But I haven't had the pads replaced and the truck only has 28,000 miles. The Brake Pad Life shows Front 64% and Rear 79%. I select NO to resetting the brake pad life and the message goes away but comes back at the nest restart.

 

I stopped by the dealer and was told that it sounds like a software glitch that would require reprogramming. Even though I have the extended warranty, they tell me that reprogramming is not covered unless a module was actually bad and needed to be replaced. Simply reprogramming is not covered. So, they want $200.00 just to diagnose the problem. If it turns out no bad module, another charge on top of that to do the reprogramming. If the cause was an actual bad module, everything would be covered under the warranty.

 

Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. Should this issue be covered under the warranty?

 

Thanks

[GN2018]

Did you physically inspect the brake pads?  When my brakes went bad I got a few different messages, one of which was the same as you did, but none of them said, your brakes are bad (or need attention, or anything like that).  I actually took it to the dealer because I thought the system was bad.  Nope, just some highly worn brake pads.

[Vu1can]

Thanks for the info. I'm doing an oil change today or tomorrow, so I'll check them then.

[kickass audio]

if the brakes are good and you keep an eye on them, just disable the stupid thing and call it a day. You can pick each set and disable it in the menu on the dash just to see if it stops the annoying nagging prompt.