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Posted on Sep 23, 2011

My ABS light keeps coming on. When I tun the car off it goes off but when I tun it back on and drive about half a mile it comes back on. Any thoughts?

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Anonymous

I guess you haven't been around any cars since 1981,
some 30 years

You haven't heard of ON-Board-Diagnostic Systems,
that turn a check light on your dash, when a Govt Mandated
Emissions Problem arises?


The ABS light is a possible Braking System Fault

So from now on :


ANY DASH LIGHT YOU GET

Check for codes
Diagnose the system that set a check light
Resolve /Repair

Who does that you ask?

The guy down the street at the repair shop

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