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I was driving today and when i stopped the ABS light come on, I turned the car off and back on and it was gone. Then as I pulled in my driveway there was like a shudder from the brake and the ABS light came back on again. Any ideas how to fix this or how bad the problem could be?
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| DoddEA |
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Looks to be be either a dirty or faulty ABS sensor. The easiest way to fix it, is take the car down to Ford and they can put it on the dignostics machine and tell you which sensor it is. Alternatively you can clean all 4 sensors and see if that fixes it. But my Money is on a faulty sensor.
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| Laurenza |
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where abouts are the sensors? are they fairly easy to clean?
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
behind each brake disc. the have a small bolt holding them on. undo bolt and remove sensor and then clean of any dirt/mud/metal filings off sensor. refit and repeat on each sensor. then see how you go
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| DoddEA |
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^^^ What he said.
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| Laurenza |
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sounds like a fun weekend ahead for me!!! Lame but I'm actually kinda excited hahaha, we'll see how I feel after the first one.
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
ah easy to do. could do it in about an hour
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| DoddEA |
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Try you front left first... that's been the issue with a few cars i know of!
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| Laurenza |
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ok I'll see how I go, easy for you but my car mechanical experience gets about as good as checking the oil and water hahaha
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Age: 35 Posts: 3382 Joined: 11th Mar 2008 Ride: EA SVO, AU2, Toyota Crown Location: Bendigo |
oh lol. sometimes i forget that i know this s**t. yeh just jack up, remove the wheel, look on the back of the disc and you'll see a sensor with a wire comeing out of it attached to the suspension assembly by a think a 10mm bolt.
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| DoddEA |
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Jack it up, wheel off, have a look around the back of the disc (google will show you where to look with some pretty diagrams) and give it a wipe, wheel back on and drop back down.
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| Laurenza |
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sensors have been cleaned but it's still not fixed, looks like I might have to take it to a mechanic!
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| DoddEA |
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Take it to ford (if you can) they just whack it on the diagnostic tool and it will tell you the exact problem.
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