Just now joined the community, got a couple of issues with my 5 I need help with! ^_^
First - recently changed rear brake pads and turned the rotors with father-in-law (he owns a used tire and repair shop), noticed some rattling from the rear wheels. Checked it, we put the pads on the wrong side of the rotors (lol) so we swapped the to proper sides but theres still some rattling but not as bad. I know we put everything back together right and tight. Not sure why it still has some rattle. The rotors are old and was a little warped, they won't be able to be surfaced again so I know it'll need new ones eventually.
Could it be the rotors are too thin now?
Second - Pulling out of the drive today, I gave it a little more pedal than normal (little argument with the wife this morning -_-) and had some wheel spin. It wasn't much but the traction control, abs and brake dash lights came on and haven't turned off even after turning the car off and sitting a couple hours. I've spun the tires like that a few times, with the TCS on and off, in the year I've owned it and haven't had this problem. The only difference this time is that the wheels were cut most of the way to the left to start down the road after backing out of the driveway and the car was fully in gear before I applied throttle. Like I said, it wasn't much more gas than usual buuuuut being the second 5 I've owned (first one was an '07) I know how notorious the 1st gear is for for spinning tires with very little throttle lol.
Any info or advice is greatly appreciated!
First - recently changed rear brake pads and turned the rotors with father-in-law (he owns a used tire and repair shop), noticed some rattling from the rear wheels. Checked it, we put the pads on the wrong side of the rotors (lol) so we swapped the to proper sides but theres still some rattling but not as bad. I know we put everything back together right and tight. Not sure why it still has some rattle. The rotors are old and was a little warped, they won't be able to be surfaced again so I know it'll need new ones eventually.
Could it be the rotors are too thin now?
Second - Pulling out of the drive today, I gave it a little more pedal than normal (little argument with the wife this morning -_-) and had some wheel spin. It wasn't much but the traction control, abs and brake dash lights came on and haven't turned off even after turning the car off and sitting a couple hours. I've spun the tires like that a few times, with the TCS on and off, in the year I've owned it and haven't had this problem. The only difference this time is that the wheels were cut most of the way to the left to start down the road after backing out of the driveway and the car was fully in gear before I applied throttle. Like I said, it wasn't much more gas than usual buuuuut being the second 5 I've owned (first one was an '07) I know how notorious the 1st gear is for for spinning tires with very little throttle lol.
Any info or advice is greatly appreciated!