There's a number of ways of rectifying that situation... is the light coming on when you start the car and not going away or is it sporadically coming on while driving coupled with diminished braking performance?

CL

 

yeah lotsa things it could be, could try going to a gravel surface or something and seeing if it still does the ABS thing when you stomp on the brakes. i assume the pedal feels normal? if braking feels normal, but theres no ABS action, its probably just a wheel sensor.

Paul

 

as long as you don't have both the ABS and BRAKE lights on together, the brakes will still work as normal, you just won't have ABS if that light is on. generally the most common issue when the ABS light is on is the loss of signal from a wheel sensor. should be an easy fix.

 

Yea, figured it might be a wheel sensor - it comes on when you start the car, and then doesn't go off.

 

mine came home moments after i pulled off the freeway this evening, it was still on when i parked.

i do also get the 'brake fluid' light for a second after stepping on the pedal, though i understand this could be a failing accumulator?

i really ought to pull out the Bentley manual, see what it might have to say

 

Bump on this, it started out being once in every 5 starts my ABS light would stay on but the brakes worked fine. Now it stays on almost all the time.

I don't mind not having ABS, I just get rathered annoyed with the light. Is fixing this sensor easy or can I pull a fuse somewhere to just have the light off or what?

 

the problem is likely lack of signal from one of the wheel speed sensors.

jack up the car, remove a wheel, remove the 10mm bolt holding the sensor (you might find one very loose, like i did), clean the sensor and reinstall. my ABS light happened to be coming on because the front left wheel speed sensor was very very loose - the bolt had unthreaded almost all the way.

 

pull the codes check townsends site

 

I think there is a fuse for the ABS, and that should solve the problem of the light, but You should still get it looked at.

 

no, that will cause the ABS pump not to run, and thus with the ABS+3 System the C-900 uses, you would HAVE NO BRAKES! well, not none, but 10% of normal braking power.

An ABS light should be fixed correctly, it's not like an airbag light. an ABS car should have working ABS as it's quite an integrated system on the C-900's

 

Take the bulb out, remove the speaker grille and remove it, thats what I did for my flashing SRS light :lol:

 

bulbectomy

 

Thanks guys.

 

So what does a blinking ABS light mean?

 

Malfunction! Pull the ABS codes, is the BRAKE light on too?

 

Nope. Brakes are working fine (minus ABS).

It now flashes until I start driving it a bit then it stays solid.

 

Good info in here... I've got the ABS, BRAKE and PARK BRAKE lights all lit on my recent acquisition.

Looks like some fun times ahead.

 

ANTI-LOCK light illuminated alone : ABS fault, will not modulate brakes
BRAKE FLUID - Low fluid level
PARK BRAKE - park brake on, or switch screwy

ANTI LOCK + BRAKE FLUID -> ABS system pressure too low. If pump not running, pedal will be hard and there is no rear braking action and limited front brake action.

 

Hmmmm... Car stopped hard enough to put me and the missus into the seatbelts.

but I'll be checking it out for sure!

Does flashing ABS light mean something different than solid lit? Mine flashes.

 

I disconnect the battery I replaced the sensor that was bad and a light remains on