ABS and Parking Brake light coming on now and again
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My 2004 Focus has this intermittent problem where either of these lights will come on the dash every now and again.
I've had the wheels off recently to check for anything obvious but to no avail. The ABS system and parking brake both work fine also.
These lights are not on all the time, but every so often. I'll be getting rid of it soon, so could do with not spending any money on it! Any ideas on the possible cause and cheapest fix?
I've had the wheels off recently to check for anything obvious but to no avail. The ABS system and parking brake both work fine also.
These lights are not on all the time, but every so often. I'll be getting rid of it soon, so could do with not spending any money on it! Any ideas on the possible cause and cheapest fix?
brake fluid level sensor?The brake fluid is at a decent level, and i thought i'd take advantage of the 'free' brake check offered by Halford Autocentre at the minute.
Got a call about 40m after dropping the car off, to be told the front discs were worn and 1mm under the manufacturers minimum acceptable level (20mm). They recommended they are replaced and the pads too, even though they said the pads were good, but if changing the discs, should change them also.
I'm changing car soon, so am not going to lose any sleep of the 'worn' front discs! Warning light is still coming on, so assume it means i need to relace the pads/discs?
Got a call about 40m after dropping the car off, to be told the front discs were worn and 1mm under the manufacturers minimum acceptable level (20mm). They recommended they are replaced and the pads too, even though they said the pads were good, but if changing the discs, should change them also.
I'm changing car soon, so am not going to lose any sleep of the 'worn' front discs! Warning light is still coming on, so assume it means i need to relace the pads/discs?
AndyT77 said:
The brake fluid is at a decent level, and i thought i'd take advantage of the 'free' brake check offered by Halford Autocentre at the minute.
Got a call about 40m after dropping the car off, to be told the front discs were worn and 1mm under the manufacturers minimum acceptable level (20mm). They recommended they are replaced and the pads too, even though they said the pads were good, but if changing the discs, should change them also.
I'm changing car soon, so am not going to lose any sleep of the 'worn' front discs! Warning light is still coming on, so assume it means i need to relace the pads/discs?
Nope just halfrauds trying to drum up buisness most focus don't have wear indicators so no way the light is for the pads, even if they did that wouldn't be the cause as the pads are ok and ford discs are only 20mm when new. It's either a fault with the sensor on the resevoir, a fault on the abs system, handbrake sensor fault or a problem in the ecu. Avoid using halfrauds.Got a call about 40m after dropping the car off, to be told the front discs were worn and 1mm under the manufacturers minimum acceptable level (20mm). They recommended they are replaced and the pads too, even though they said the pads were good, but if changing the discs, should change them also.
I'm changing car soon, so am not going to lose any sleep of the 'worn' front discs! Warning light is still coming on, so assume it means i need to relace the pads/discs?
MG CHRIS said:
Nope just halfrauds trying to drum up buisness most focus don't have wear indicators so no way the light is for the pads, even if they did that wouldn't be the cause as the pads are ok and ford discs are only 20mm when new. It's either a fault with the sensor on the resevoir, a fault on the abs system, handbrake sensor fault or a problem in the ecu. Avoid using halfrauds.
Looks like i need the codes read then?AndyT77 said:
MG CHRIS said:
Nope just halfrauds trying to drum up buisness most focus don't have wear indicators so no way the light is for the pads, even if they did that wouldn't be the cause as the pads are ok and ford discs are only 20mm when new. It's either a fault with the sensor on the resevoir, a fault on the abs system, handbrake sensor fault or a problem in the ecu. Avoid using halfrauds.
Looks like i need the codes read then?Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff