[V6-12v] ABS troubleshoting.

Tom Christiansen tomchr at ee.washington.edu
Sat Mar 19 18:10:03 EST 2005


Clive,

>I replaced the bulb and as soon as I turned on the ignition I heard the 
>ABS pump firing. Impossible .. a burnt bulb ? sure enough I checked the 
>schematics and the bulb is in series with the ABS fuse. the bulb HAS to be 
>working to enable the ABS function.

Bizarre arrangement!!

>Anyway the car idles fine with no lights ... until you hit 5 MPH then the 
>ABS disabled light comes on .

Sounds like wheel sensors to me. Make sure they are pushed in all the way.

Tom 



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