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CAR ADVICE Please

  • 11-01-2010 7:39pm
    #1
    couscous007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭


    My Skoda (2002) Octavia has been running fine in sub-zero temperatures until yesterday when my ABS light came on (and remains on) despite hot water being poured on the wheels - leaving the hand brake on and trusting in the great Skoda God that it would have been ok this morning - she's obviously busy as light remains on. Is it safe to drive - even to the garage - or will it go off when the weather thaws. Is this failure weather releated or do i need to get it diagnostically checked? Please help!!!???


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  • #2
    beachlife
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭beachlife


    Can be linked with the sludge and snow, but also could be a problem on the car.You can drive but just be aware that when the abs light is on you have no abs so if you jam on the brakes(in an emergency for example)your wheels might skid.If you have a regular garage then they might reset the light for you (for free) if it comes back on then you know you have a problem.


  • #3
    si_guru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    It's not dangerous to drive as you still have brakes.. just no ABS, or maybe it will still work.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    it usually still works with the light on


  • #5
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    it usually still works with the light on
    Are you sure? I think the light comes on when the system deactivates itself due to finding a fault.


  • #6
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Very easy to test is ABS is working... just brake in the ice. I assume you have at this point experienced ABS judder through the pedal several times over the last week.

    Check the Air pressures in each tyre btw, ESP systems work by looking at the rotational speeds of each wheel (among other things) and low pressure in one or more wheels (or incorrect front - rear overall wheel diameter bias) can freak it out. I would assume you have lost ESP (/Traction Control), not ABS. But test it so you know.


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  • #7
    couscous007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭couscous007


    Thank you all for your advice - it was a bit mental for a while - but it appears to have been the ICE that set it off, and it has rectified itself. Told to keep handbrake off and leave it in gear during any future cold snaps - no fault detected, so all is good. Thank you so much.


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