ABS problem!

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HobsonS4
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ABS problem!

Post by HobsonS4 » Tue May 08, 2007 1:00 pm

wen i bought my car the ABS light was on, the bloke i bought it from paid for a new ABS unit, i drove the car for a while and everything was good then it came on agen and for the last couple of months its been on and of, had the vag com on and it showed a fault with the front passenger side sensor, i changed the sensor on saturday and within 5 miles the f*ckin thing is back on agen! any ideas?
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Post by dub2dub » Tue May 08, 2007 1:31 pm

I had a similar problem and it turned out to be a broken ABS ring which sits around the outer CV joint and inside the hub.
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Post by oliew » Tue May 08, 2007 3:39 pm

hi mate
which abs light...
the massive red one in the middle or the yellow one.?
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Post by HobsonS4 » Tue May 08, 2007 7:24 pm

its the yellow light. i checked the ring couldn't see any cracks and it wasn't snapped so i dunno. maybe a second check is needed to be sure
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Post by shineydave » Wed May 09, 2007 12:37 am

nip round and we'll vag-com it again, i'm in all week
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