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Snow = ABS light


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ok so every time it snows, and i drive around in it, the old ABS light pays the dash a visit. its obviously the snow, but what does it do? It's done it this winter and last winter, but i don't think it did it in winter '03. i wish the light would just burn out or something, i hate having a warning light lit!!

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Your ABS is kicking in? Not sure about the 1st gens

 

if thats what you call it :lol: . it sucks, but it sucks it up even more with snow around. light on in dash = no ABS at all.

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try the standard stuff, clean the sensor connectors and dielectric grease them, see if that makes a difference, and while doing so, look at the sensors so see if any have age cracks, and replace those.

If you have a multimeter, and don't mind freezng your nuts off, you might connect the ohmeter to each sensor and see if it returns a signal while spinning the tire.

Tip. get a junk harness with a foot of wire to test the sensors.

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my abs light always came on when i did e-brake slides....but i haven' t been in snow for 3 yrs with the GP so....I don't know what happens....or why the light comes on....even with the light on, i had ABS so i don't know waht it was trying to tell me.....

 

i'd shut the car off, and the light would go off....untill i hit some ice and hit the brakes hard...then it would come back on

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I'd check the wires and connections as Crazy K said.

 

My car does what AWeb80's does...except the 'Low Trac' comes on. I don't think us 2nd gens have an ABS light.

 

i hate having a warning light lit!!

haha...me too. Mine says "Change Oil"... its not due for another 1200 miles. :shrug:

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I'd check the wires and connections as Crazy K said.

 

My car does what AWeb80's does...except the 'Low Trac' comes on. I don't think us 2nd gens have an ABS light.

 

i hate having a warning light lit!!

haha...me too. Mine says "Change Oil"... its not due for another 1200 miles. :shrug:

I have both.. the "anti brak" light comes on when something's wrong and the low trac light comes on when the ABS is actually working

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The only time my ABS has come on, is when the aux power was loose. Took me all winter to figure that one out :lol: So no ABS is the snow, what fun that was :roll:

 

But usually when the aux power is loose, the ABS light and the E-brake light will both come on.

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Did you ever get that light on after washing your car, or during or after rain? That's the problem I had, and it turns out one of the wires that goes to the wheels speed sensor had some water stuck in there, so everything I would brake, or hit a bump, the vibration would send a drop of water down the wire, and my ABS light would come on. I had the problem for a while, until I was putting on my new wheels, and then I checked the wires. My problem was the rear left wheel, and I dried off the wires, and put new tape over it, and haven't had any problems since then.

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