A4 ABS and Brake warning lights

Bob D bob at audisport.com
Wed Jun 16 20:19:56 EDT 2004


Alan, Im in CT, not too far from Newtown, Id be glad to help out. I have 
it on my PC and thats what I pulled the codes in my sisters car with.

SuffolkD at aol.com wrote:

>Alan:  Find someone locally in CT who has the Vag-Com scan tool w/ their 
>laptop.
>They can pull ABS codes.  May be cheaper than the dealer and send you in the 
>right direction.
>Tease:  Come pick me up N of Boston and I'll do it for you.  
>Catch:  You have to drive me past Lime Rock PArk into Amenia NY on 4 / 343NY.
>-Scott by BOSTON
>
>FROM: "alan page" <alan at flaminglogos.com>
>
>Hello,
>
>A friends '98 A4 1.8T displayed both the ABS and Brake warning 
>lights (with the audible warning) recently and she had her 
>mechanic look at it immediately. He checked the entire braking 
>system and couldn't find anything wrong, and the lights were off by 
>the time he looked at it. Since then, it has happened several more 
>times, and each time she has no trouble stopping the car.
>
>She's going to have either another mechanic or the dealer look at 
>it, but I can't figure out what type of failure would cause all three of 
>these indicators to go off at the same time. If an ABS sensor were 
>bad or one of the sensor wires were intermittent, wouldn't the ABS 
>light be the only one on?
>
>Thanks,
>Alan
>Newtown, CT USA
>'90 80q
>'94 S4
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