Changed rear rotors and pads -- ABS light on.
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Changed rear rotors and pads -- ABS light on.
Just like it says. I pulled the #7 fuse for the ABS and the light stays on. Any ideas? Greatly appreciate the help, thanks.
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RE: Changed rear rotors and pads -- ABS light on.
Hmm, not familiar totally with the newer audi's but I can tell ya the basic concept:
To do your rotors you would have had to have pulled your abs sensors out/ back. If you didn't pull them back you might have beat the heck out of one (speaking from a 97 A6 but trust me you are the same). If you did pull them back or out like you are supposed to for all work on that area, did you clean them before putting um back? They might have just realized they were dirty because you disturbed their perfect state of dirtiness that was somehow still reading. If yes, did you get them back in all the way (this is where your car differs because mine slide in and out with no connectors, most say the newer ones have a clip or something). The sensors will set off your abs light and throw a code. You will sometimes get a check engine light with it. If you are not in all the way is the most likely followed by dirty and misreading. They are pretty tough and hard to break but at 160 a piece don't see how tough. Oh and CLEAN THEM (number one way to burn one up(acc. Beaverton Audi))
To do your rotors you would have had to have pulled your abs sensors out/ back. If you didn't pull them back you might have beat the heck out of one (speaking from a 97 A6 but trust me you are the same). If you did pull them back or out like you are supposed to for all work on that area, did you clean them before putting um back? They might have just realized they were dirty because you disturbed their perfect state of dirtiness that was somehow still reading. If yes, did you get them back in all the way (this is where your car differs because mine slide in and out with no connectors, most say the newer ones have a clip or something). The sensors will set off your abs light and throw a code. You will sometimes get a check engine light with it. If you are not in all the way is the most likely followed by dirty and misreading. They are pretty tough and hard to break but at 160 a piece don't see how tough. Oh and CLEAN THEM (number one way to burn one up(acc. Beaverton Audi))
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RE: Changed rear rotors and pads -- ABS light on.
The ABS sensor is, in no way, needed to be removed to do rear pads and rotors on his car or yours for that matter. I do rear brakes daily at the dealership. 13mm & 15mm combo wrenches, pull caliper of bracket. What he probably did wrong was PUSHED IN on the caliper piston, when it needs to be SCREWED IN. It has two square dimples on the outside edge where the rear caliper tool catches.
IdrunkI, did you have the light on before you did your rear brakes? If so, it's not going to be fixed by replacing the rear brakes. The ABS light comes on because of a problem with the functionality of your ABS system. Not because your brakes are worn. The worn brakes symbol that appears in the driver information center in the center of you instrument cluster looks like this:
[IMG]local://upfiles/9927/5BEC91DD98BD434C8B964DF4F465FAFB.gif[/IMG]
IdrunkI, did you have the light on before you did your rear brakes? If so, it's not going to be fixed by replacing the rear brakes. The ABS light comes on because of a problem with the functionality of your ABS system. Not because your brakes are worn. The worn brakes symbol that appears in the driver information center in the center of you instrument cluster looks like this:
[IMG]local://upfiles/9927/5BEC91DD98BD434C8B964DF4F465FAFB.gif[/IMG]
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