I just got into my car this morning and noticed my ABS light is on. It was not on last night, so I have no idea what happened. My car sat inside all night, and like I said, when I got in and started it this morning, the ABS light was on and did not turn off the entire way to work. Does anyone know what may have caused this, and what needs to be done?
I had the same thing but on another vehicle. A brake inspection showed that it was the abs sensor. And all that had to be done was to clean it, which was much less costly than the brake inspection itself. You can drive without abs anyway. All abs does it pump the brakes for you when stopping in slippery conditions. This you can do yourself. I know some people who actually prefer no abs, and disconnected it.
You have to ask yourself can you get around in the winter without your own transportation? It gets cold and snowy in Jersey so you can only ride your bike maybe 6 or 7 months of the year. Mine is in winter storage right now and I can't get it out until all the #$%^*( snow goes away! Up here where it snows a bike is fun transportation not cheap transportation down in FLA or GA then it is cheap transportation because you can ride the darn things all year long. Get a small car!
If you fill comfortable get a bike and if the weather is crazy in NJ get a car
it is not your brake pads. your abs does not know if your brake pads are worn. possibilities are: abs sensor/ ring problem (one on each wheel, the most common problem) wiring problem/ fuses, etc. computer problem hydraulic problem (least likely if the brakes feel ok, and usually the red brake light would be on for this) and- just to be safe- check the brake fluid level. usually this will turn the red brake light on, but better safe than sorry, it takes like two minutes. when the abs light comes on, there is a trouble codesaved in the computers memory. this needs to be retrieved, using a capable scanner. next step- test according to the code as needed, etc. you should be ok to drive until you can get it checked out, as long as the brakes feel ok. you will still have your normal brakes, you just wont have the antilock feature (rain, snow, etc.) whitch some cars dont even have. when there is a serious urgent brake problem, the red brake light will light also. im assuming from your question that only the yellow abs light is on. the answers you are getting here are for the red brake light, not the abs light. hope this helps, good luck. oh also- dont disconnect the battery if you want to find out why it came on!! it will erase the memory. if it was a one time problem, and fixes itself, the light will eventually go out on its own.
