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This is worrying me a bit. I've got some problems with the climate control so I pulled off the dash to have a look at the sensor behind the little vent near the steering wheel. AFAIK I put it all back properly (didn't fix the climate control) and had a bit of a fiddle with some of the wires in the driver's footwell, but didn't move anything around too much. Shortly after replacing the dash, I noticed the ABS light on.

I didn't worry about it too much until tonight where I had a chance to test out the ABS in the rain...and as it turns out, I don't actually have any ABS!

Would my ABS light be coming on as a result of pulling off the dash or is it totally unrelated? I think I should get this fixed ASAP (as well as the climate control which is driving me crazy switching from full hot to full cold... :closedeyes: )... Any ideas?

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If the ABS light is on, then the ABS is in error mode, and the ABS won't work!

Check under the bonnet - rear passenger side, big metal cube with lots of pipes coming out of it (looks like a Borg), that's the ABS module.

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Sorry, think I've misunderstood. You know you have ABS, but it doesn't work - is that what you are saying? Then you can ignore my second comment. And the first thing to check when anything electrical goes haywire (like warning lights coming on) is the fuse for the device indicated by the warning light.

I doubt the "fiddling" has caused the light to come on - purely co-incidental.

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Sorry, think I've misunderstood. You know you have ABS, but it doesn't work - is that what you are saying? Then you can ignore my second comment. And the first thing to check when anything electrical goes haywire (like warning lights coming on) is the fuse for the device indicated by the warning light.

I doubt the "fiddling" has caused the light to come on - purely co-incidental.

I think you understood me...? :D

Yes, what I'm saying is that I've always had (working) ABS - had to use it a couple of times - and the light has never come on before. I "fiddled" with the stuff behind the dash, and shortly after (like within the same day), the ABS light is on. I left it for a while, thinking it was just a light, but now that I've actually *tried* slamming on the brakes, the car just slides, no steering = no ABS.

So if it's the fuse, does that mean it actually stops the ABS working or just causes the light to illuminate?

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