Now that winter has come again, it reminds me on a strange phenomenum on my 1997 Acura 3.5RL: This is going on since 3 years! In summer (i.e. higher outdoor temperatures), the ABS light always comes on, usually together with the traction control light. Malfunction can be so bad that I need to turn off traction control altogether or else I can't get off the green traffic light.
In winter, however, all seems fine, both lights stay off, and traction control only flickers when it actually does its job.
As I said, this is now happening for 6 season cycles, repeatedly, and hasn't changed after a set of new break pads either.
The Acura Service said 3 years ago - and without much hesitation - that I need "a new computer" (of course! = $1500.-) but I'm not convinced (or prepared to pay to avoid some little inconvenience during summer).
Any "real" idea, or better, same experience and solution out there?
2007-01-13 11:12:17 · 4 answers · asked by Marianna 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
no,,they told you wrong on the computer,,you have a bare spot in one of the sensor wires causing this,,my dodge stratus did this,,and the previous owner sold it to me for almost give away price because he thought it needed a new computer,,a 30 dollar sensor fixed it,,and not a problem since then,,good luck i hope this help,s.
2007-01-13 11:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the "opposite" problem with an '83 Mercedes-Benz in Australia. The ABS light would stay on until the car had warmed up a bit. How long it stayed on depended on the outside temperature, the cooler, the longer. In near freezing temperatures it once came on even though the car had been running an hour or more.
Most people I asked looked at me as if I were crazy. Well I am but not like that. I never got a satisfactory answer for this but when the ABS 'computer' was replaced with a 2nd hand one the problem vanished. Cost of the swap was about $250
The ABS seemed to work whether the light was on or off. I got stories about sensors but it did not make any difference when one that might have been faulty was changed.
You might be able to swap the ABS computer with one from a recent wreck. That could cure it.
2007-01-13 11:41:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, you need to remove negative battery battery cable and leave it unhooked for 4 to 5 hours or over night, that will reboot your computer. If that dose not work get it to a dealer ship or any other shops and get a diagnosics done to it. Now a days it's more cheeper to buy a computer then it was back then.
2007-01-13 11:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by Patient NightShade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a sensor isn't reading right to the comp.
2007-01-13 11:47:57 · answer #4 · answered by JUAN C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋