1996 Accord ABS Questions

I bought a mint Accord Saturday with only 50k miles on it. I am really
happy with it.

I have 3 questions.

The abs light is always on in the dash. I thought that meant it was
enabled but I just found out that is wrong. The brakes feel normal and
I slammed on the brakes and it felt like abs worked.

In any event I am taking it to a trusted mechanic to be looked over
comprehensively. I have already located the return codes for the abs
computer and I am going to give it to him when he hooks it up to the
computer.

Question #1 If the abs is broken will my normal brakes fail? The
normal brakes seem fine and all fluid levels are OK.

Quite honestly if abs doesn't impact the normal brakes functioning I am
not going to get it fixed. I hate abs anyway.

Question #2 Is it true that your Insurance company can hold the
insured liable if abs is supposed to work and it doesn't?

Anyways I bought it as-is with no warantee so if I have to get it fixed
I will have to shell out 1k or more from what I can gather in a worst
case scenerio.

Question #3 Any tips or ides for a easy low cost solution to making
the light go off or fixing abs?

TIA
Scott

 

The brakes work normally without abs engaging when the abs light is on.

I would doubt that you had a pulsating pedal when you slammed on your brakes
this morning. When the light goes on the ABS system disables enabling you
to use normal breaking.

If it costs a lot of money I wouldn't fix it either.

No..insurance will not attempt to hold you liable for your abs not working.
They might try to hold you liable for neglecting your breaks, as in not
replacing the pads when they need to be etc. If if that happened though
they couldn't actually get out of a claim. Even if you had bald tires and
skidded and hit somebody they might make a feable attempt to make you feel
guilty and not pay the claim but in the end the insurance always pays. That
is why they are there.

There are no stupidity clauses that allow them to not pay for damages if you
are insured.

I would attempt to see what is wrong and see if it can be fixed cost
effectively. If not you could removed the cluster and take out he abs bulb.

 

Hey thanks for the peace of mind. I am going to have the dealer get
the computer code but unless it is under 200 bucks I am not going to
get it fixed.

My car didn't come with a manual so could you explain what you mean by
the cluster and bulb? I assume the bulb is the one in the dash for
abs?

Thanks again!

 

Frankly I would not attempt to remove the instrument cluster unless you have
some mechanical ability. Otherwise you could compromise the integrity of
the enitre cluster.

The cluster is the entire unit that houses the speedo, all guages, and all
warning lights.

 

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The manual is part of the car . . it says so in the first page of the
manual. Tell the original owner you want your manual, otherwise you'll
be asking how to (find and) use the jack, and how to reset the clock,
and how tight to do the lug nuts, and why the doors sometimes don't seem
to lock right, and how to reset the SERVICE ENGINE light, etc, etc.

You need to determine if the ABS light stays off if you just sit in the
driveway, before moving the vehicle. Start engine and just sit there for
about two minutes. Listen and report back.
'Curly'

 

I bought it as is from a non honda dealer and there is no manual for
it. Isn't this info online somewhere? PDF perhaps?

 

1996 Accord - Owner's manual and Honda Service manual are on sale in
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