ABS Malfunction?
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ABS Malfunction?
Personally don't think its a huge problem, but i thought i would just check to make sure.
Sometimes when i turn my 300E on the ABS light comes on, and the brakes feel like kind of tight for the first minute or two of driving. Usually once i brake for a stop sign/light a few times the light will go away and the brakes will feel normal again.
As i said first i don't think its a big problem, just want to make sure it doesn't possibly develope into a more serious ABS problem later on.
It also seems to do it mostly just when the engine is getting warmed up, i dont know if its just chance or what, just thought i would add that in.
Sometimes when i turn my 300E on the ABS light comes on, and the brakes feel like kind of tight for the first minute or two of driving. Usually once i brake for a stop sign/light a few times the light will go away and the brakes will feel normal again.
As i said first i don't think its a big problem, just want to make sure it doesn't possibly develope into a more serious ABS problem later on.
It also seems to do it mostly just when the engine is getting warmed up, i dont know if its just chance or what, just thought i would add that in.
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I had a car do this when the sensors were super filthy. There was so much metallic dust that I think it was not picking up a signal at low speeds. The problem would go away as speed increased, I assume because a stronger field was being created. In any case, it is likely an issue with the sensor that can be fixed by cleaning or replacing them. Have you tried pulling codes from your car?
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I had a car do this when the sensors were super filthy. There was so much metallic dust that I think it was not picking up a signal at low speeds. The problem would go away as speed increased, I assume because a stronger field was being created. In any case, it is likely an issue with the sensor that can be fixed by cleaning or replacing them. Have you tried pulling codes from your car?
And yeah it seems to do it most when im leaving school (school zone speed limit is 20 mph), but then it goes away after i brake a few times.
It hasn't done it in about 2 days, so i won't worry about it unless it gets too serious. As in if it does it more often or for longer periods of time etc.
Also, wierdest thing ever..I raced a 1990 BMW 325i touring, and hit like 110-115 or so in the race. And anyways after i raced him i went home, and as i was about to turn the car off, i realized the squeeky sound it used to make was gone.
And it has been gone ever since i hit 110MPH..IDK why, but im glad!
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Are you sure it was a 90 and a 325i? I have a 95 525i touring and I don't think the e30 or the e36 had a touring edition. The earliest i've seen available in a 3 series is the e46.
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Oh no i dont know for sure haha..it was just a guess, but it was definately older than 1995. Not too sure.
But it was a good race till i had to slow down because there was a car in my lane on a 2 lane road =(. He got a bit of a head start and i was about to blow past him at 100MPH or so. But i had to brake and fall in behind him.
It was a pretty fast car though, he probably hit like 125MPH before letting off. It was slammed pretty low and had aftermarker exhaust, and some body upgrades.
Wasn't a bad looking car To Be Honest, but im not a big fan of the Touring/wagon cars etc.
http://img443.imageshack.us/i/325001md1kb6.jpg/
Kind of looked like that one, except it was lower and had nicer rims on it.
Not going to lie the front of the car on that one looks pretty good, but it doesn't look to good from a side view.
Whereas i think W124's look good from the side view and not too good from the front, but i love the way the 500e looks from the front with it front bumper. =)
But it was a good race till i had to slow down because there was a car in my lane on a 2 lane road =(. He got a bit of a head start and i was about to blow past him at 100MPH or so. But i had to brake and fall in behind him.
It was a pretty fast car though, he probably hit like 125MPH before letting off. It was slammed pretty low and had aftermarker exhaust, and some body upgrades.
Wasn't a bad looking car To Be Honest, but im not a big fan of the Touring/wagon cars etc.
http://img443.imageshack.us/i/325001md1kb6.jpg/
Kind of looked like that one, except it was lower and had nicer rims on it.
Not going to lie the front of the car on that one looks pretty good, but it doesn't look to good from a side view.
Whereas i think W124's look good from the side view and not too good from the front, but i love the way the 500e looks from the front with it front bumper. =)
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