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Old 15 December 2000, 08:34 PM
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Not sure if I should be posting this here, or in the section for brakes - but here goes...

I visited the nice people at Powerstation today to get the bump steer / wheel alignment deal that they do. All good so far. Trouble came when I'd paid up and was due to leave - I was reversing out of the drive to their workshop into the road - when I stopped and turned round in my seat to start driving off - I noticed the ABS warning light on my dash was on...

I stopped and went back in - and they quickly had the car back on the ramps again - and checked it over for about the next forty minutes - but could only nail it down to (they said) a faulty sensor connection for the driver's side front wheel...

I've rung my dealer, and am going to try to get this back under warranty - but has anyone else had a similar experience ?

On the plus side for the Powerstation gang - Rich said that if I had any hassle over this from my dealers, that he'd fork out to get the sensor replaced....
Old 16 December 2000, 12:12 AM
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Shows how little dealers know, tyre wear will be less.

BTW hi Rich how r ya??
Got a few questions about the mapping of my car (remember, Silver MY93 WRX) nothing bad, just wanted to pick youre brains.

Richie
Old 16 December 2000, 09:06 AM
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I hope your dealer dosent read this!!!!!!

Rich
Old 16 December 2000, 09:59 AM
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Not a chance - don't think they've heard of the internet - they certainly hadn't heard of Powerstation when I rang them up prior to coming to see you guys. I was ringing them to check on the validity of my warranty after having the mod done - and they said (after my description of what the work involved) that the only thing which *might* be affected, was wear on the tyres... So they can't really go back on that and say "oh yeah, and the brakes too" can they ?
Old 17 December 2000, 06:54 PM
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I don't see how the bump steer mod can affect the ABS, unless the sensor got accidentally damaged during adjustments.

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Old 18 December 2000, 09:41 AM
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Listers (isnt that your dealer?)dont read the BBS?

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Old 18 December 2000, 01:02 PM
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Nope - Listers aren't my dealer.
The cars with my dealer at the moment - they just rang to confirm what Rich told me on Friday - which is that it's the front driver's side sensor which has gone caput. They're replacing it for me tomorrow.
Bonza!
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