Another bas/esp/abs post
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Another bas/esp/abs post
So every so often for what seems like no rhyme or reason my bas/esp/abs lights, well, light up. It doesn't seem to affect the car but at the same time I don't go pushing things when they light up either. My guess is it's the good old brake switch just going bad. I turn the wheel to the left and right and although it doesn't reset the light, if I do that and then turn the car off and back on it all goes away. Maybe later the same day, maybe 2 weeks, maybe 2 months later all of the sudden it'll happen again. Lately it's a little more often so the question is do I just go ahead and replace the brake switch now and see if that solves the "problem"?
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So every so often for what seems like no rhyme or reason my bas/esp/abs lights, well, light up. It doesn't seem to affect the car but at the same time I don't go pushing things when they light up either. My guess is it's the good old brake switch just going bad. I turn the wheel to the left and right and although it doesn't reset the light, if I do that and then turn the car off and back on it all goes away. Maybe later the same day, maybe 2 weeks, maybe 2 months later all of the sudden it'll happen again. Lately it's a little more often so the question is do I just go ahead and replace the brake switch now and see if that solves the "problem"?
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Yeah, the rest of the day it decided to come on everytime I started my car and hit the brakes. So I just swung by the dealer and picked it up for $20. I'll try and get out there to the cold a** garage tonight and get it swapped.
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Learned a fun lesson today. I learned when you try to take pieces off the car to get to this switch and it's cold out, well, the plastic tabs holding things in place snap. F-ing great. Now I have to take it to the dealer and see if they can sort it all out. So what should of been a cheap easy job now won't be. Oh well, kind of my fault for possibly pulling a little too hard on cold plastic.
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From: Bostonian Ma
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Learned a fun lesson today. I learned when you try to take pieces off the car to get to this switch and it's cold out, well, the plastic tabs holding things in place snap. F-ing great. Now I have to take it to the dealer and see if they can sort it all out. So what should of been a cheap easy job now won't be. Oh well, kind of my fault for possibly pulling a little too hard on cold plastic.
Johnny-
