Thanks everyone. No, I dont have an alert yet. I bought the car with 7000 miles, and now with over 50k I have never changed the pads. Like I said, I just had the car serviced and they said the pads were fine, but they should be the original pads.

Since I am assuming they are original, the sensor should still be in place so I will just wait until I get the alert for low pads.

I found instructions in the archives with great pictures, but it was for a much older model. Is the process the same for all models and years? I have never worked on any car before.

Thanks for the help!