The ABS light on my Toyota Camry came on after I took the car to a mechanic shop. I took the car to the mechanic for new shocks and struts and balancing. This cost me about $700 dollar.
The ABS light was not on when I gave the car to the mechanic. When I picked the car up the ABS light was on.
I contacted the manager and he said their company will to pay for
repairs if we can prove the repair they did affected the ABS sensor in any way. He advised that I take the car to a Toyota dealership and let them diagnose the problem.
I took the car to Toyota for the diagnosis(cost me $40).
Their Diagonosis: ABS light on .
Code B38-Open Circuit in Right Wheel speed
sensor. $300 to replace.
What does this all mean?????????!
The folks at Toyota said the mechanic who replaced my shocks&struts could have caused the ABS problem if they yanked the old struts off too strongly.
what do you think?
2007-02-06 01:03:05 · 9 answers · asked by mama mia 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
ABS braking systems use wheel speed sensors so that the Abs computer can monitor the rate of deceleration of each wheel during heavy braking in order to stop the wheels locking and causing loss of steering stability and braking effort.
The ABS fault code that you got means one of the sensors is either disconnected or broken. Since these sensors are attached to the hubs the type of repair you had could have easily caused this. The ABS light on means that the system has done a self diagnostic check and determined that there is a fault.
Jules, Australia. Automotive Tech and Lecturer.
2007-02-06 01:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by Jules G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they told you could be correct. The mechanic could have caused the problem with the open circut IF while replacing struts he allowed the brake assembly to hang loose. This would put undue strain on the electrical connection for the a.b.s. sensor. With that being said the sensor is not that hard to replace and is certainly not worth paying $300 for someone to do it. The entire process takes all of about 10-15 minutes and maybe $60-$70 if that in parts.
2007-02-06 01:17:51 · answer #2 · answered by mrtink121_bill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very possible that this was caused due to the repairs that you have listed.
Open circuit, refers to the ABS computer not seeing a signal being generated by the wheel sensor, and a continuity check by the computer indicates that there is no circuit there.
It's kind of a your word thing that the ABS light was not on before you brought it in.
And for another mechanic to say that it was caused by ______
may be difficult to prove.
I think your statement, that the Toyota dealer said (could have)
does not bode well in this situation, coulda, shoulda, woulda, is hard to be definite.
But if it's any solstice I believe you.
2007-02-06 01:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the dealership to put this statement in writing on the diagnostic bill,
"the mechanic who replaced my shocks&struts could have caused the ABS problem if they yanked the old struts off too strongly"
Then take that to the shop where the work was done and give them the option of repairing the ABS, or paying Toyota to do it.
They asked for proof, the dealership (seemingly) provided it.
2007-02-06 01:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by br549 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My guess is that they jarred the sensor when they did the shocks etc. You could take a look at the sensor yourself too! Maybe it is not plugged in! You see.....the sensor sits near your brake parts on each wheel. You have four sensors on the car! The wiring for these sensors comes from the cars computer (under your hood) and they run to each of the four sensors and join to the wires on each sensor by using a liitle clip that snaps together. My car is famous for the clip failing and the sensor gets more or less unplugged causing the abs light to come on! You plug it back in and away you go.To see these clips you may need to crawl under the car near each whell and look for them. Or pull the tires off and look for em!
You can still drive without ABS though! It's ok! I do! The sensors are very smalll devices too! You should do a google search for them on the net if you want to see what to look for!
Hope this helps
2007-02-06 01:13:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
300 dollars is crazy. the sensors cost 30 to 60 dollars and take less than 1 hour to put in..... I just replaced one..40 dollars labor.
2007-02-06 01:18:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
different poster is real, there's a extensive-unfold subject with the wheel bearing/sensor and the wiring harness. i might use a snapon vantage or another form of oscilliscope and do waveform sorting out the superb option on the sensor itself in the previous changing something.
2016-10-01 12:29:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that was going to be my guess or you may want to have the shop that did the struts unplug and re plug in the senser if that doesnt correct the problen they broke a wire here is the problem from a mechanic point if the wire was just about tobreak anyway and i just happend to bump it and finish it off it was going to fail anyway shold i be wholy responcible ??
2007-02-06 01:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by mobile auto repair (mr fix it) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the car back to where you had that work done and make them pay for the diagnosis that you put $40 into and pay to have the problem fixed.
2007-02-06 01:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋