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Old 25 August 2005, 09:54 PM
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Was showing my mate what my classic sti can do in a straight line and once going at quite a pace the abs light came on.

Now, the right hand side brakes do squeek a little bit when rolling which is being looked at this weekend hopefully (If I can get it in).

When I parked up, I switched her off and started her straight away and it didn;t come back on.

Drove another 60 miles and no re-occurence. Only other thing to note was that it was raining quite hard this evening.....

Any ideas before it goes in to be looked at?

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Old 25 August 2005, 10:34 PM
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ABS sensor a bit dicky, possibly a little water in it ?
Sorry no idea where its located though !

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Old 25 August 2005, 10:59 PM
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If you span one wheel when you accelerated hard or aquaplaned one wheel, then that would cause the ABS light to come on.


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Old 26 August 2005, 03:28 PM
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could have done - was pi$$ing it down to be fair last night
Old 26 August 2005, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Horico
Hi

Was showing my mate what my classic sti can do in a straight line and once going at quite a pace the abs light came on.

Now, the right hand side brakes do squeek a little bit when rolling which is being looked at this weekend hopefully (If I can get it in).

When I parked up, I switched her off and started her straight away and it didn;t come back on.

Drove another 60 miles and no re-occurence. Only other thing to note was that it was raining quite hard this evening.....

Any ideas before it goes in to be looked at?

Cheers

Horico
Hi, I had mine do that once on a wet road, (testing new clutch)
From 5k rpm dropped the clutch, and it felt like all four wheels spun for a few seconds, car took off, ABS light on????, cam on again next morning.
Went out straight away when i reversed out of drive?.
Been ok ever since.

Don't scoobs have some sort of traction control,(related to the ABS circuit) when 1 wheel spins, the abs pump thing applies the brake as opposed to releasing it, to control spin??

Can any one clarify if thats correct??? if so how it works exactly.
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Old 27 August 2005, 07:08 AM
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The car was well into it's stride by the time it came on though but the road was quite uneven and damp so could have skipped across a pool of water etc etc
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