was driving home there and i noticed the abs light had came on, wasnt driving hard and never felt the abs kicking in,stumped as to what it is, the only thing is the car is due its first service soon in about 100 miles time, any connections???
my abs light came on a little while ago, once checked with vag com it turned out just to be an abs sensor!!
i've read the sensors can become dirty & can fail, best probably to take to the garage 100 miles early and get them to scan for errors as its the only way you can tell whats really wrong.
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i've read the sensors can become dirty & can fail, best probably to take to the garage 100 miles early and get them to scan for errors as its the only way you can tell whats really wrong.
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aye i must get it booked in asap, just dont fancy paying for it though, i turned the car off and started again and the light never came on, ill check the fluid levels wen theres a bit of light about
I'd be inclined to give the "check the fluid" thing a miss, low fluid would bring on another light. The ABS light should come on for ABS problems, BTW, the ABS system is checked automatically every time you start the car and "move away". You say its your first service, if the car is new or has some secondhand warranty, would this not cover fixing the ABS system? As said already, it is usually dirt/corrosion on one of the reluctor rings or a sensor - but get it checked/fixed anyway as no ABS in winter can be a bit of a problem! Only other thing that springs to mind is a brake light pedal switch starting to play up - but I would have expected other lights to have come on as well. Also remember, if you force the ABS system to "work", it should not bring on the ABS fault warning light. A scan should reveal all (also as said already) everything else is speculation I'm afraid.
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Oops - sorry. Only skim read the first post and was obviosly thinking about power steering at the same time, so read power steering instead of ABS
. The wheel sensors are a comon problem on VAG cars, and cheap to replace. Also the system just has a funny 5 mins sometimes - could be nothing, but best get the fault codes read as that will tell you for certain.
. The wheel sensors are a comon problem on VAG cars, and cheap to replace. Also the system just has a funny 5 mins sometimes - could be nothing, but best get the fault codes read as that will tell you for certain.Similar threads
