Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Asked on August 17, 2021
I had this problem ever since I bought my car 7-8 years ago. The ABS light turns on rather randomly. Sometimes it stays off for months. Sometimes it turns on and of multiple times per day. It’s a Ford Focus 1.8 tdci from 2004, 100 HP.
I did check the following:
I’m not sure what to do next in order to solve this problem. I have a few questions
Thank you in advance.
Speed sensors are prone to be intermittent in failures. If they can easily be removed and cleaned without breaking them cleaning then might help. I believe this car has a pedal pressure sensor that is found by the brake light switch. I'm confused by the anti locks working during an illuminated ABS light. That shouldn't happen. I'm assuming your scanner can read ABS codes, but if the light turns on, there is a code stored. You should confirm which codes these are by verifying the scanner is able to read these. Or better yet find another scanner that can read ABS codes for this specific vehicle. This should be done before any other parts are replaced. The only thing I would highly suspect at this point without a code would be a bad brake fluid level sensor or the wiring or connectors to it. I know you replaced it with a used one, but that doesn't mean it's good.
Answered by Jupiter on August 17, 2021
It turns out that this was an Instrument Cluster problem. After swapping the instrument cluster with a different one the ABS light stays off.
Therefore if the ABS lights (or other lights) come on without generating any error codes you might try to see if the problem is the Instrument Cluster itself.
Update: I tried restoring the old instrument cluster since the new one had the wrong mileage. It turns out that cleaning all the rust points using a contact spray did the job and the ABS light is off now.
Answered by Beni Bogosel on August 17, 2021
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