R33 Abs Problem - Help!

[Murry33]

Hey,

I've got a R33 Series 2 recently, noticed the ABS light was on when i was driving, thought it may be a loose wire or something.

UNTIL today i went to the garage and hear a little buzzing sound (like a small motor running), finally figured it was coming from my car.....

I opened the bonnet and the noise was coming from my ABS unit (car was completely off). I touched the ABS unit and it was quite hot, like it had been running a while............??

Anyway, my battery went flat because of it and now i need to figure out whats wrong with it.

So my abs light comes on, and my abs unit left itself turned on the whole night to leave my battery dead........can anyone help me with this??

Cheers!

[Bennett]

Check the wiring... somethings wrong.

[Murry33]

thanks, might end up having to get an auto electrician out ......anyone else had a similar problem?

[Murry33]

update on this, took to auto electrician but they only found the error code:

abs motor failure

rang a few wreckers for r33 abs,but all have slightly different part no's to mine.........as long as it's an abs unit for a R33 S2 should work yeah?

Cheers

Edited October 1, 2008 by DRIV3R

[08yannch]

i would have stuff the ABS and disabled it

i drive with it off all the time and i prefer it off

to disable it you just take out the ABS fuses

[5hu7o]

i would have stuff the ABS and disabled it

i drive with it off all the time and i prefer it off

to disable it you just take out the ABS fuses

u sure man abs can save u a good deal of trouble. just the other day i had a near miss with another car cos mine wasnt working

[Murry33]

interesting you say that ^ my old r33 didn't have the ABS on it

got my new r33 not long ago, and it does.......wondering if maybe i should disable it, anyone had any problems doing this?

[Murry33]

so anyone taken abs off? and what you think, otherwise may just replace it

[macca911]

Hey, I have a similar Problem with the ABS. About a year ago the ABS pump would run constantly, my solution was to unplug the power cable to the unit. I checked all my fuses and wiring, no issues there......

Although Attached to the ABS unit is a small black box containing 2 relays. It may be worth getting these checked.

I drew up a wiring diagram and as far as i could tell one of the relays is malfunctioning. This explained my intermittent ABS warning light and pump not switching off...

good luck

[Bennett]

I have taken out the fuse before too and i prefer not having it. You can brake quicker without it. The reason it was designed is so you can stomp on the brake without having to worry about locking up and not being able to steer. But if your smart and dont keep them locked the whole time its a lot better than having abs. Just my opinion though. I keep the fuse in though as its not a bad idea in the wet.