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Does this sound right ABS - problems S70

posted by  someone claiming to be 1badt5 on  Mon Apr 18 06:39 CST 2005 [RELATED]

98 S70 T5 auto

My ABS light has been on for about 2 years, no real problems except locking brakes up on hard stops - but pumping them myself like the olden days.

recently gas mileage went downhill and engine seems to strugle, but will still get up and move. went having to mash the gas down, the engine light comes on for a couple of days. with all this, the speeodometer works 1/2 the time and sometimes just drops. the miles to empty computer is also not working - when says i have 10 - 30 miles left - it has 4 or 5 gallons still in it.

then i heard some mech. type sounds from front right wheel. then the wheel locked up. the brake pads seem to be squeezing - can not drive it.

up until the brake lockig up on right side, the dealer said that the problems stem from the ABS unit and that all the sensors and computers with the car go through the ABS computer. they wanted $850 for it and could not garantee that would fix all.

i'm willing to send the ABS unit to that guy that is somewhere on the internet for him to repair it at fraction of cost. the dealer said the ABS computer is deteriating.

does this sound right? could the ABS lock up that right wheel, or is it just a stuck cylinder?








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    Does this sound right ABS - problems S70

    posted by  KlausC on  Mon Apr 18 06:48 CST 2005
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    2 years for an ABS light? Vitor can fix your abs problem easily. But you have lots of other problems. The right front locking up is probably a bad piston which has developed into a bad caliper, won't know until you take it apart. The rear brakes will also need to be re-done, the ABS regulates the pressure for the rears but you neglected to fix the ABS for about $150.
    As for the speedo no longer working, who cares? Fix the brakes first, check all of the stored codes and get a tune up.

    Klaus
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    98 V70Rawd(101Kmi), 95 854T(85K mi), 75 164E(173K mi)








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      Does this sound right ABS - problems S70

      posted by  someone claiming to be 1badt5 on  Mon Apr 18 09:29 CST 2005 [RELATED]

      the dealer said that all the problems were due to the abs. i figured on pulling the caliper, figured it would need replaced.

      they said all the codes related to abs. when i pull it, i'll send the abs to that guy.

      my wife will start driving soon, she will need the speedodometer, but i'm not real worried right now. i never liked abs brakes. the light is annoying that is all. thats the only reason i never sent it off.

      must have been my braking components failing me.

      whats that guys website anyway?







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