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Anonymous Posted on Jul 10, 2009

My downhill descent light along with tc and abs are on my disc 2

My downhill descent light along with tc and abs are all on what makes this happen is it an ecu or can it be turned of with a snapon type obd11 vehicle com iterface on the mt 2500 car diagnostics tuner

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  • Anonymous Jul 10, 2009

    someone told me it was this one thing made all 3 lights light up i forgot which one it was but i will try rember what it was and get back with you

  • Anonymous Jul 11, 2009

    i have not done it yet but will get back to you asap because im a power steering pump now thanks

  • Marvin
    Marvin May 11, 2010

    this is not for the free forum have the system tested by the dealer, every one of these lights leaves a trouble code in memory

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Hi no you can`t access the ABS unit with a MT 2500 snap-on machine you need dedicated software to get in to the ABS system on the Modis,the fault is usually as follows ,If you carefully take the centre console apart near the gearlever you will find the hill desent wiring is broken there are 2 wires that catch on the bottom of the linkage,when you have repaired them (make sure ignition off from start to finish of repair) If the wires are too short solder 2 same gauge extender wires in with heat shrink to protect them and then re-route the wires away from the linkage ,BE carefully as there are AIRBAG wires near there,the ABS lamp should go out when the repair is done if not you need to take it to a Landrover expert to diagnose further.

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