ABS apology - Was: Re: How I got my ABS warning light to go off.

[mike mcclurg]

Well, today is a new day. Today, the ABS light came
back on for the entire trip (40 miles) to work. Not
even a blink.
Yesterday it worked fine for the entire duration to
and from work. When I got home, I got back into the
area of the relay to confirm my mistake about the
fuse. In wiggling things around I may have changed the
status of a loose connection or intermittent ground?
Will report again when I have time to get under the
dash again.
Also, a clarification. The jump I described that I
sometimes got when stopping did not feel the same as
when the ABS activates. It was simply one small jolt
accompanied by what felt like a small amount of pedal
movement. A disconcerting feeling.
--- Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> mike mcclurg wrote:
> > 
> > Basically, the light was on all the time. Every
> once
> > in a while it would go off, but when it was off
> and
> > you came to a near stop the pedal would do a
> little
> > jump right before you stopped. Now none of that
> > happens.
> 
> that is very enlightening.
> 
> My 90Q exhibits soemthing similar (well, it doesn't
> with the fuse pulled
> for safety!).
> 
> If the fuse is in, I am very likely to experience a
> rather scary
> activation of the ABS on my first stop, even if it
> is straight line on
> clean road.  Basically I get a whole lot less
> braking effectiveness. 
> Then it turns off on its own usually, or will very
> shortly, sometimes
> while simply going down the road.
> 
> Doing battle with the sensors has not been on my
> front burner, but
> playing with a spare relay might be fun.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Huw Powell
> 
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
> 
> http://www.humanthoughts.org/


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