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Koumiss949

Koumiss949

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ABS LIght

On Friday when I drove home from work there was major icing on the roads. I went no more than 25 m.p.h. All of the sudden my ABS Light with the service engine soon light came on and then my ETS light is on. When I start my car and is in place it still comes on, is it safe to still drive my car?

 
 
 
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Submitted 258 days ago...

Koumiss949

Koumiss949

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I forgot to mention its a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am GT

 

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Submitted 252 days ago...

Rick_

Rick_

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I would nt drive it any more than to the closest dealer, to many lights on there for me to think its safe for very long

 

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Submitted 250 days ago...

Spout936

Spout936

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Icing on the roads could cause a wheel momentarily to lock-up and a ABS wheel speed sensor (one on each wheel) reads this wheel lockup and a sends a fault code signal to the computer. The code can be read by a repair shop and if it shows a wheel lock up code it can be erased by the tech.
Sometimes ABS codes are even triggered during a State car inspection while a car is on a dynomometer with some wheels spinning and others are at a stop. Any wheel speed speed change will be read by the speed sensor as a fault and does not necessarily mean a mechanical failure.

The ETS light is an engine temperature sensor. Check your coolant level if it is okay and your car is not showing any signs of overheating it could just be just a glitch. Have the tech read this code at the same time. The computer sometimes will read a sensor that works but might be slow to send a signal to the computer or is slightly out of range due to age and the computer sees this as a fault. This happens a lot with O2 sensors that sometimes a fault code is recorded by the computer.
The switching back and forth signal sometimes is not occuring fast enough and the computer sees this as a fault. Driving slow in bad weather, longer warm ups, outside temperature conditions can also affect sensor readings.

 
 

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