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(Message started by: Welshie on Mar 5^th, 2006, 2:55pm)

Title: ABS Warning light
Post by Welshie on Mar 5^th, 2006, 2:55pm

Car failed the dreaded MOT last Wednesday six things

Rear numberplate light

Front High beam inoperative

lower ball joints both sides front

and both flexie hoses

And the dreaded ABS light staying on

Well after a visit to Fords and £310 lighter i had sparkly new wishbones and flexies and even new roll bar rubbers and all went well changing them no real problems other than a little stiff bolts.

Fixed the back number plate bulb but needed to get a high beam bulb.

Tried then to find the problem with the ABS!! took all sensors off and cleaned followed the instructions on this site and still failed to find the fault

feeling depressed and doomed to have again to pay through the nose to get this problem fixed on Monday

Meanwhile after passing Halfords and buying a new bulb for my main beam i thought i would slip it on and one less problem would be fixed. after putting the bulb in and going to start the car, Hey Presto willy wonka the ABS light was going out on cue?? Thought hello and tried it several times still working.

Thought maybe it doubled as a bulb failure warning light or something so i thought i would post it and with a little luck it willsave soemone else grief

regards

Welshie

Title: Re: ABS Warning light
Post by Simmo on Mar 5^th, 2006, 3:01pm

Did you read this?.http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/abslight.htm as it says that the connector in the engine bay can be a source of the problem. Could you have 'disturbed' it whilst fitting the new bulb?.

Title: Re: ABS Warning light
Post by allenjames on Mar 5^th, 2006, 6:00pm

Just get it back to the MOT station pronto !

Title: Re: ABS Warning light
Post by Octavian_P on Mar 6^th, 2006, 5:48pm

Could someone post a picture with that dreded cable in the engine bay ???

Cheers

Title: Re: ABS Warning light
Post by Silver_Poppy on Mar 6^th, 2006, 10:07pm

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/images/abssystem.gif
HTH

Title: Re: ABS Warning light
Post by Octavian_P on Mar 7^th, 2006, 4:46pm

That picture i know, i thought there was another connector somewhere ;) (on the other side of the car/pump). Anyway thanks. Could a reason be that my scoprio is left hand drive...... ???