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Old 02-13-2007, 06:44 PM
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ABS lit up - dammit!

So yea, I was trying to get on my driveway tonight in the huge snow that came over Cleveland tonight. When doing so, my car almost got stuck in the snow, and I revved the engine up to about 4-5k on my auto I30. About 10 seconds later, my ABS light came on. Why did this happen?
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Old 02-13-2007, 09:05 PM
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download the FSM and pull the ABS codes. that will tell you what the problem is.
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Old 02-13-2007, 09:15 PM
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You were spinning the front wheels while the rear wheels were stationary. This makes the ABS freak out. It's perfectly normal. It happens during dyno testing too. The light will go away after driving around a few minutes.
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Old 02-13-2007, 09:22 PM
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Happens to me all the time when it's raining or what not...I just normally shut my car off at a stop light after it happens then turn it back on and its off...And normally when you spin the tires that much the car freaks out and locks itself in 2nd gear. so you can't go down into 1st.
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Old 02-13-2007, 09:35 PM
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Happened to me as well a while ago, the light wont be on tomm morning!
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Old 02-13-2007, 10:27 PM
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Phew. You guys made me happy by telling me those things. Lol. REALLY HAPPY!
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Old 02-28-2007, 10:59 AM
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i have the same problem but the light is still on had a lot of snow the other day here in ny its been three days with the light on cant get it to go off and no codes come up
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Old 02-28-2007, 11:46 AM
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I had this problem in my dad's 99 Toyota Solara. I parked on a hill and forgot that the ebrake was on. I put the car in drive and started to go...the front tires spun and the ABS light started going crazy. I was scared ****less cause he was trading in the car the next day, however the light went off after 45 seconds of driving.
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Old 02-28-2007, 08:17 PM
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my ABS light is on and stays on.. no matter what and if i slam on the breaks hard abs does nothing tires just lock up (as if i didn't have ABS) and the light just shines lol
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Old 03-01-2007, 10:34 AM
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it happens to me when im doing burnouts its no big deal the abs will go off if the front wheels are moving and the back wheels aren't moving or being dragged do to som ****in reason in my case
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Old 03-01-2007, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by maximacruizer
my ABS light is on and stays on.. no matter what and if i slam on the breaks hard abs does nothing tires just lock up (as if i didn't have ABS) and the light just shines lol

If it stays on you have a problem that needs to be looked at.
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Old 03-01-2007, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxgig
If it stays on you have a problem that needs to be looked at.
but i dont' like abs anyways so i don't bother fixing it lol!!
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