ABS problems - light not working - '96 VR6

[silverfox]

Well, after a trip to Maplins and a bit of soldering, i now have 2 working lights 
and 2 fault conditions 
Ady is going to assist in tracing the ABS fault, any ideas as to why the Airbag could be showing a fault?

[silent-hunter]

At £60 ish  a corner for good sensors you wanna be keeping the fingers crossed..

Code reader will tell you more though..

[silverfox]

Ady and his trusty laptop tracked it down to be the right rear sensor. and the airbag fault says - resistance too high!!! whatever that means. But at least i can get the sensor changed and get it through the mot now.

[adyh]

Ive checked on the internet about the airbag issue and its to do with the ignitor circuit . I wonder , as you said , whether the thing has gone off before .

All other codes , cleared when i reset them so i reckon they are not a problem .

[Madone_si]

yeah hopefully nick can then join us at some meets and shows... Good to c ur using the forum Nick... Welcome to the Club/forum mate... Say hi to the family for me....

[silverfox]

Well i replaced the sensor, but the ABS light is still on, showing a fault.
Does it need to be plugged in to the VAGCOM to clear the fault condition or should it clear automatically?

[kr1s77]

Nah, if the sensor you changed was the fault, then the light should go out automatically, after driving about a mile or so (well thats what happened when i did my n/r sensor). Mines a 1997 8v gti, not sure if the system is the same, but i don't see why it would be different

Hope you get it sorted

[silverfox]

Well i gave up trying to fix it, and took it to my local VW dealer for a diagnostic check.
They worked on it for a day, and eventually told me that it wasnt the sensor as the computer showed, but in fact a fault on the ABS ECU, it wasnt reading from the sensor, price to repair £600 
But after all the work they did tracing the problem, they didnt charge a penny 

So i now have to source an ABS ECU.
I tried BBA-reman, £130 to fix mine, gonna look for a secondhand one first i think.

it goes on .................

does anybody know if the ABS ECU is the same one on any other models, or is it specific to the VR6?

[Overseer]

^ for a new ECU try people breaking mk3's on ebay..