tidykart Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 After braking quite hard at some traffic lights (not so hard that the ABS kicked in), as I pulled away my ABS light on my dashboard came on and has stayed on since this morning. I spoke to a local garage and they said that maybe brake dust may have got on the sensor, so I have now sparyed the brakes 3 times and the light still stays on. Has anyone else had such a problem? What else could it be other than brake dust- sensor just gone? The brakes themselves are absolutley fine, nothing different about them at all. If it makes a difference I have EBC discs and pads. Cheers for any replies, it's driving me insane!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk6 Si Ross Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 find the ABS sensors, take em apart and spray em with WD40 to get rid of any shite, see if that makes any difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidykart Posted March 4, 2005 Author Share Posted March 4, 2005 Will give that a go mate, cheers. If not that could it be anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
father_ged Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 yea it may have left a fault in the ecu, wot make any difference to drive it, it just means that the light stays on. go down the road and test the abs when the light is on, if the abs still works then u should be fine! just go sumwhere to get the fault cleared or take the bulb out lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 DO NOT IGNORE IT, if its faulty it wont pass the MOT.. it should go out after 2000rpm .. then if it comes on again its defo faulty.. might need the sensors replacing.. i had to have my rear ones replaced on my GTi and its not cheap from ford.. looking at around 200notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sime73 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 when i changed my rear shoes, i took out the abs sensor and it was caked it crap..suprised it worked tbh deffo give all of em a clean and dont forget the abs ring it points too cos they get just as bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidykart Posted March 7, 2005 Author Share Posted March 7, 2005 GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS!!!! The morning after I posted this topic, the ABS sensor switched off. I started the engine and the light came on then 2 minutes down the road, it went off, so I was very very happy. It's gota be the fact that the sensor was covered in kr*p. But thanks for all the replies, been helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pricey Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Ive had this fault for about 3 weeks on and off it was a pain in the arse,but today it has stayed off all day which is a good thing i hope it stays off now my mot is saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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