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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Mboy on 01 May 2007, 12:16

Title: ABS Light
Post by: Mboy on 01 May 2007, 12:16

Hi my ABS light has stopped coming on on my 98 MK3 GTI, is there an easy way to check to see if its the bulb that has blown ?

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Len on 01 May 2007, 12:41

Drive fast and slam on yer brakes! Soon see if your abs is working! :grin:

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Mboy on 01 May 2007, 13:13

my brakes seem fine ,so just wondering if blub has blown, how do i get to it !??

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: garfayliu on 01 May 2007, 13:43

Quote from: Mboy on 01 May 2007, 13:13

my brakes seem fine ,so just wondering if blub has blown, how do i get to it !??

take out that bit of trim, a small philips screw driver or even finger nails on the side edge nearest the window and it'll just pop off. bulbs available from dealer for a quid or two.

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Len on 01 May 2007, 13:46

Yes but have you made the ABS work?
Do it! You dont have to be driving that fast, say 30mph on a very quiet road, something like a Trading Estate one evening, just hit the brakes really really hard.

If it is only the bulb there must be a way of getting to it. But do the test first! :wink:

But be warmed it can be fun and become addictive! :grin:

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Mboy on 02 May 2007, 17:08

checked car and bulb has blown, where do i get a new one from ?

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: cs98sss4 on 02 May 2007, 21:32

I thought the unit was complete and couldn't change the bulb.

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Mboy on 02 May 2007, 22:08

pulled unit out and the bulb is just soldered on, will a normal bulb do or does it have to be from vw ?

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Bazzer on 03 May 2007, 07:19

well if you've got one there to compare it to, anything with the same voltage and wattage will be fine - it should be stamped on the glass somewhere....

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: garfayliu on 03 May 2007, 08:15

a bulb from an xmas tree would work, but the proper bulb from vw is £2, soldering is only 2 pins, easy if you have a soldering iron and a desoldering sucker thing. replace it for a led and resister.

Title: Re: ABS Light
Post by: Mboy on 03 May 2007, 13:17

cheers garfayliu, what did you mean be replace it with led and resistor ?