Honda Civic EX 2002 ABS trouble

Discussion in 'Civic' started by omairahmed74, Nov 1, 2006.

  1. omairahmed74

    omairahmed74 Guest

    Hi everyone,
    I have a problem. As long as my car is parked with the engine running
    all functon seem to operate well. However, within 5-10 seconds of the
    car in motion, the ABS light comes on along with the emergency brake or
    as some call it the Hand Brake. When the car comes to a stop at a
    traffic light the both the warning for emergency brake and ABS turn of
    in under 20 seconds. The ABS is clearly not working? Any suggestions?
    To fix the ABS I have tried the following:
    Installation of new pads
    New Emergency Brake Cables
    Any suggestions would be appreciated?

    thanks
     
    omairahmed74, Nov 1, 2006
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  2. omairahmed74

    motsco_ Guest

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    One of your sensors is not 'reporting in' when the car moves. The car is
    only 4 years old. You should try cleaning the grease /grunge off the ABS
    sensors and the front rings (best guess).

    What CODE was retrieved? Who performed the work?

    'Curly'
     
    motsco_, Nov 1, 2006
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  3. omairahmed74

    Woody Guest

    Check the level of your brake fluid. As the pads wear the fluid goes down
    and becomes marginal on the switch. Master cylinder fluid switch turns on
    the brake light same as parking lever. ABS is disabled by the computer for
    many engine and car faults to keep it from becoming erratic.
     
    Woody, Nov 1, 2006
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  4. omairahmed74

    TeGGeR® Guest

    Ditto. That would be the WHEEL sensors, the ones behind the brake
    disc/drum.




    If the car sits a lot, corrosion will take over with lightning speed.

    The pickup and its wire can also get bent/damaged. Check those too.
     
    TeGGeR®, Nov 1, 2006
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