[s-cars] ABS light on

chris chambers fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 20 10:40:09 EST 2006


Robin,

Well then where are you at, let's Git R done!


;-)

Chris



--- ROBIN STODDARD <rstoddard at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hey Chris,
> 
> Yes, it would be possible to swap one in easily as it is under the
> rear seat.
> 
> Cheers
> Robin
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:26 am
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] ABS light on
> 
> > Robin,
> > 
> > Couldn't you swap your ABS module with somebody else's module
> > (temporarily) to confirm if this is in fact the problem? 
> > 
> > It is mounted under the rear seat and is easyily accessed right?
> > 
> > 
> > Chris
> > just pondering
> > 
> > --- ROBIN STODDARD <rstoddard at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey Elijah,
> > > 
> > > I have a similar issue with my car's ABS system.  The system in
> my
> > > car will shut itself down every now and then for no apparent 
> > reason. 
> > > It never shuts down while I am driving the car; it will only 
> > shutdown> if I have been driving, shut the car off and then start 
> > it again.  It
> > > wil only reset itself (sometimes) if the car has completely
> cooled
> > > down overnight.  The causes of why my system shuts down seems to
> be
> > > related to excesive heat under the hood.  Which causes the 
> > system to
> > > "think" that it is overheating and so it shuts down.  I have gone
> > > through and cleaned all of the wheel sensors and checked the
> system
> > > out mechanically, which leads me to believe that the problem is
> > > electrical.
> > > 
> > > I had the system completely checked out by an Audi mechanic and
> even
> > > though they saw the problem, they could see no reason
> mechanically
> > > and there were no codes for them to track down the issue.  Their
> > > conclusion was that the ABS module (under the rear seat) was
> > > malfunctioning and that replacing it "may" be the solution.  I
> have
> > > decided to not deal with the issue as during the winter months I
> > > prefer not having ABS active and I can live without ABS.  Plus a
> new
> > > module from the dealer will cost me about $1,200 Cdn, yet another
> > > reason why I can deal without it.
> > > 
> > > Good luck
> > > Robin  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: elijahallen92 at aol.com
> > > Date: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:21 am
> > > Subject: [s-cars] ABS light on
> > > 
> > > > What causes this? Any BTDT's? Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Elijah
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