"Anti-Lock Brake" idiot light on '97 Discovery...

Hello!

Just bought a used (1-owner) '97 LR Discovery; I have a great shop
that handles most maintenance/repairs, but they've hit a snag...

The "Anti-Lock Brake" light is on and their computer will diagnose
everthing, EXCEPT that particular circuit. New pads all around, so
that's not the problem.

The local dealer wants $95 USD just to plug in and see what's not
correct. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I'm of the
impression that their service writer should be wearing a mask.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance...

Fred Wright in Aiken, SC
[email protected]

That is the only option realy to get its faults read .


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you could they changing the abs sensors on each wheel at a time BUT if you have to pay for them just to try for testing i would just recomend you get the fault codes read instead

> you could they changing the abs sensors on each wheel at a time BUT if
> you have to pay for them just to try for testing i would just recomend
> you get the fault codes read instead

Clean and re-position the sensors, carefully, they are easy to break....
This sorted out mine.

Regards
Sean

hi, If you send me your e-mail i'll forward you a method to test the
sensors out one by one. you can either do this yourself or get your local
garage to do it! Need a multi-meter tho.


Jinx


"Landynut" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>> you could they changing the abs sensors on each wheel at a time BUT if
>> you have to pay for them just to try for testing i would just recomend
>> you get the fault codes read instead
>
> Clean and re-position the sensors, carefully, they are easy to break....
> This sorted out mine.
>
> Regards
> Sean
>

"Fred Wright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello!
>
> Just bought a used (1-owner) '97 LR Discovery; I have a great shop
> that handles most maintenance/repairs, but they've hit a snag...
>
> The "Anti-Lock Brake" light is on and their computer will diagnose
> everthing, EXCEPT that particular circuit. New pads all around, so
> that's not the problem.
>
> The local dealer wants $95 USD just to plug in and see what's not
> correct. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I'm of the
> impression that their service writer should be wearing a mask.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
A common problem. Go to www.discoweb.org for lots of discussion on this.
Pulling out my sensors, cleaning and reinserting until they bottomed out did
not correct my problem. After driving cars for 30 years that did not have
ABS I decided I could manage without it. I just pulled out the 5 amp fuse
to prevent the ABS from doing weird things but maybe one day, when I'm
feeling rich, I'll visit the LR dealer to find out what he problem is.
(When I feel like paying $450US for a sensor)

Sometimes this happens because of a tempory problem with a sensor and
it has actually fixed (or reset)itself long before it gets to the
garage for resetting. I have found that disconnecting the battery
for a few hours sorts a number of these problems. Apparently it kills
the memory and allows it to be reset. However if there is a problem
with a sensor it will come back on again.

Good luck

Hugh