ABS LIGHT ON H E L P P L E A S E

Aug 04, 2003 4 Replies

I have a 99 Ford Explorer with 90k on it. It has never had a brake job, but stops great with no noise. The other morning I started it and the ABS light NEVER went off. I checked the fluid level, it was fine. Any suggestioons would be appreciated. Thanks, Barbara


Without knowing what code(s) are set, it's a duck shoot....

Like Johnny 5 said "Input, must have input...."

-- Jim Warman snipped-for-privacy@telusplanet.net

A hush fell over the crowd when, Roberts stepped up to the podium and announced:

could be your ABS sensor..but need more information. When was the last time you had a brake job?

He said it's never had a brake job.

Maybe he can post some codes...

Like Jim says, without codes, you are shooting in the dark !

And I don't *think* that Autozone's free code scanning is comprehensive enough to display the ABS codes. Although I could be wrong, it's worth a check.

The cursory things to check are the connectors on each front wheel for the hall-effect sensors, and the one in the differential in the rear. It's possible that they got pulled loose, or something. *shrug* worth a look.

other than that, maybe take it to a brake shop and get an estimate and see what they tell you? then you can decide whether to just have them fix it, or tackle it yourself.

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