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ABS / Traction light Solution

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  • Start date Start date Apr 9, 2005

stangboy35

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I have solved my own problem, before I was going to post it on here.

Tonight I was out driving and the ABS and the Traction control light were on steady. I stopped quick and sure enough came to a screcching halt. I unplugged the battery cable to reset the computer, but the lights still remained on afterI reconnected it.
I was then thinking what could have happened and remebered that earlier today I installed some LED light pods in my back seats, Ihad removed the lower seat cushion in order to run the wiring. I also found a huge amount of debris, leaves, coins and lots of other crap collected under there. While vacuuming out the space under the seat, I disconnected some wires and forgot to replug them in.

I just went out, removed the seat, found the unplugged wires and reconnected them. The ABS/Traction lights are now off and working fine.
These wires were connected to the ABS sensors under the car.

I hope this helps anyone who has this problem.

Also... if you own a convertible, you should see what crap has collected under your rear seat. It is easy to remove...if you know how. Thats another posting.
ROB
 
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Kilgore Trout

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Dude you are so right. I have a vert and when I took out the rear seat, wow!

Also, could the weenies at Ford spend two seconds to throw that crappy sound deadening blanket in straight? Guess not...
 
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MustangJunkie

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Man, this forum is so freakin' helpful. Once I had installed my new stereo the ABS and traction control lights came on and stayed on. I took out the back seat last night and saw that one of the in-line connectors was not connected all the way. Thank you, stangboy!
 
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