ESP/BAS, ABS and CEL lights

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Feb 28, 2014 | 09:38 AM

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Re: ESP/BAS, ABS and CEL lights

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Originally Posted by Padgett

When you say "exciter", do you mean the toothed wheel in the hub or on the axle ? Barring an accident these rarely fail since there is nothing to wear and they are steel. I have seen them get clogged and need cleaning but that is it.

The sensor OTOH is a hall effect trigger that also rarely fails however the weak point is the sensor wiring (something in the Florida air loves to eat rubber). The fronts particularly move with the wheel and the cable is liable to crack. I keep a can of marine "liquid rubber" around to teat ABS sensor wiring. Sensor should be in the $60-$90 range.

Am not surprised that the error codes might be less than accurate, if a wheel sensor is indicated, first thing I do is to raise the car, remove the wheels, and check for a cracked, frayed, or twisted sensor lead. The defect is usually quite visible.

At -10° C I am less than enthusiastic about looking for frayed wires. If it was warmer, I had sufficient time before my E test for my license tag and I had enthusiasm for the job I might have looked into it further as it is $500 and done.

Naturally I know I was screwed but WTF I'm getting too old to scrabble around under the wifes car. If it was the Crossfire then it's a whole different story.