[Brxzil]

So today I got my tires rotated. They found a nail in my tire patched it up cool. Well after dinner with my brother and girlfriend I turned on the street and my car started sliding, DSC light came on and I lost power and couldn’t accelerate then it kept hesitating then finally came back on. I was in sport mode and I pulled over and smelt burning rubber and inspected tires and saw nothing. Well I saw that my wear sensor was snapped on my rear and I knew the light was on because I never replaced the sensor when I swapped new pads and forgot and couldn’t reset it. What could be the issue? I was told the wires being exposed to the elements could trick the system and think something is wrong?

[Billfitz]

The brake pad sensor is a very simple device. A wire carries current out of one contact where the sensor plugs in, it passes through the sensor that's attached to the pad, a second wire carries the current back to the other contact where the sensor plugs in. Anything that causes a break either the sensor or the wires will cause the brake wear warning to be triggered. But it wouldn't trigger the DSC light. These items will:
https://mechanicbase.com/electric/ds...C_Light_Causes

[Brxzil]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

The brake pad sensor is a very simple device. A wire carries current out of one contact where the sensor plugs in, it passes through the sensor that's attached to the pad, a second wire carries the current back to the other contact where the sensor plugs in. Anything that causes a break either the sensor or the wires will cause the brake wear warning to be triggered. But it wouldn't trigger the DSC light. These items will:
https://mechanicbase.com/electric/ds...C_Light_Causes

Thanks man I figured it was sensor related because I didn't happened until the sensor came off

[MBake]

I was driving last night on a straight road when the DSC light came on and the brakes were definitely being applied. The temperature was about -1o degrees C. Would the potential faults in Billfitz's response apply in this situation?

[Billfitz]

I'd say it was in some way related to the ABS, which can be triggered by a number of causes, including the ABS sensors, but not likely the pad wear sensor.

[MBake]

Thanks for responding. Will have it checked in the New Year. It seems pretty random so need to check again on a longer trip.

[cfm56d7b]

OP, do you have a code scanner to retrieve and examine any stored fault codes?