Thread: ABS light is on
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Old January 4th 11, 06:52 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.maintenance,alt.autos.bmw
Duncan Wood[_3_]
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Default ABS light is on

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:48:31 -0000, Chris Whelan
> wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:35:19 +0000, Adrian wrote:
>
>> Chris Whelan > gurgled happily, sounding
>> much like they were saying:
>>
>>>> The ABS light being on means the ABS will not work

>>
>>> No it doesn't.
>>>
>>> It means the system "thinks" there is a fault which *might* mean the
>>> ABS won't work.

>>
>> I've never yet come across an ABS system that didn't fail-safe and turn
>> off completely at the first sniff of a fault.

>
> The wiring loom to the dash gets damaged; a short from a live wire
> connects to the ABS warning light...
>
> Chris
>


Go on then ,when did you ever come across that?
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