I have the abs, slip, awd and vdc lights on and after a buddy of mine ran his obd it said the abs cable on the front right tire was bad. So I recently changed it and got the abs light to go away but still have the others. Well ever since that fix the car has been acting funny when starting up.
When I crank the car no lights are on they only come on as I start to pull off. I have started to also notice that when the slip light is off the car grinds or rather the tires do as I tap the gas but immediately goes away when the slip light comes on (it’s generally the last light to come on after the vdc and awd. I’m thinking it has something to do with the abs activating on its own. I do know I need new brakes as they are pretty low. Any ideas?
Car grinding, spongey brakes when slip light off
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bigboss4ak
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Re: Car grinding, spongey brakes when slip light off
Did you replace that sensor with a new OEM sensor?
First thing I'd do is to reverse the most recent change to see if the car acts normally.
For some reason it might be reading wrong enough, making the car think that wheel is too fast or too slow, hence the system taking over and braking the faster wheel when the SLIP light operates (is it solid or flashing?)
So this is a right/ left comparison.
ABS activating is quite dramatic. You should feel a servo operating in the engine bay and your brake pedal will pulsate.
VDC and AWD might be on again because the front wheels are perceived to be spinning at a different speed than the rears.
What I'd do is disconnect the new sensor to see what it does. For giggles, reconnect it and disconnect the right side to see which lights come on.
Oh yeah, the brakes are spongy because a lot of fluid is being sent to the braked (braken? Lol) wheel. Replacing the pads will help keep your fluid level up so you don't suck in air through the master cylinder.
First thing I'd do is to reverse the most recent change to see if the car acts normally.
For some reason it might be reading wrong enough, making the car think that wheel is too fast or too slow, hence the system taking over and braking the faster wheel when the SLIP light operates (is it solid or flashing?)
So this is a right/ left comparison.
ABS activating is quite dramatic. You should feel a servo operating in the engine bay and your brake pedal will pulsate.
VDC and AWD might be on again because the front wheels are perceived to be spinning at a different speed than the rears.
What I'd do is disconnect the new sensor to see what it does. For giggles, reconnect it and disconnect the right side to see which lights come on.
Oh yeah, the brakes are spongy because a lot of fluid is being sent to the braked (braken? Lol) wheel. Replacing the pads will help keep your fluid level up so you don't suck in air through the master cylinder.
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bigboss4ak
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Re: Car grinding, spongey brakes when slip light off
The slip light generally comes on solid once
I start to drive but I’d say once every 8 times I crank the car the slip light starts to flash and this is when the problem occurs until the light becomes solid then it goes away. The cable I got off amazon it’s a seineca brand I believe not oem but it got great reviews. I’ll see about unplugging the left side and see what happens thanks.
I start to drive but I’d say once every 8 times I crank the car the slip light starts to flash and this is when the problem occurs until the light becomes solid then it goes away. The cable I got off amazon it’s a seineca brand I believe not oem but it got great reviews. I’ll see about unplugging the left side and see what happens thanks.