Anti lock light

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Anti lock light

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The light comes on sometimes when i'm driving, usually when the roads are salty or have wet snow and salt on them. It doesn't come on every time I drive, and if I restart the car it goes away and stays away sometimes and other times comes back on. Could it be a loose sensor? Anything I can check?
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Re: Anti lock light

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Are both the ABS and TRAC-OFF lights on, or just the ABS?

Check the wiring at all 4 wheel bearings for corrosion or broken wires. It could really be anything from a simple wiring issue, to a sensor issue (which is part of the wheel bearing)
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Re: Anti lock light

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It's just the ABS light, and the brakes seem to work the same if the light is on or off.
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ericm88 wrote:The light comes on sometimes when i'm driving, usually when the roads are salty or have wet snow and salt on them. It doesn't come on every time I drive, and if I restart the car it goes away and stays away sometimes and other times comes back on. Could it be a loose sensor? Anything I can check?

ya i have the same issue i get the Antilock and Trac off light on when the roads wet and its under 32* above this im OK, I was getting watter weeping into the WSS connectors so i sealed them, havent gotten a chance to drive it yet
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idk if it's the same issue but i had the light on for a few weeks and the abs was not working (anti-lock light only). there's a flaw in the routing of some wiring under the hood right above the tranny - the gear selector lever/linkage rubs on the wires and in my case it snapped some wire (light blue). after fixing the wire my abs works and the light is off.
hope this helps.
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