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Offline dibs1980

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Re: ABS/Air bag warning lights not working
« Reply #10 on: 10 August 2013, 22:07 »
Excellent ill get some sensors at the end of the month then stick the car in for its MOT and hope it passes

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Re: ABS/Air bag warning lights not working
« Reply #11 on: 11 August 2013, 08:09 »
Before spending out on sensors. It may be worth measuring resistances at the plugs. The rear right sensor is common to be an ecu fault. You can swap plugs under the rear seat, clear faults and see if the rear right fault moves to the rear left. If it does, and you still show a rear right fault, you have an ecu problem.
If it moves its the sensor.


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Re: ABS/Air bag warning lights not working
« Reply #12 on: 11 August 2013, 14:11 »
Before spending out on sensors. It may be worth measuring resistances at the plugs. The rear right sensor is common to be an ecu fault. You can swap plugs under the rear seat, clear faults and see if the rear right fault moves to the rear left. If it does, and you still show a rear right fault, you have an ecu problem.
If it moves its the sensor.
Quite correct Mr Shirt, still recommend new sensors all round as it can be a right pita sorting the ecu or wiring out if you cant be sure of each sensors integrity.

All my Mk3's have come to me with failed abs not a big deal to fix so don't be put off if you have spanners.
Mk3 handles much better for having abs as well as the obvious safety benefits, well worth fixing.

Offline dibs1980

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Re: ABS/Air bag warning lights not working
« Reply #13 on: 11 August 2013, 15:23 »
Cheers for the help guys ill check the faults codes again and report back what they are