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Old 22nd December 2013, 07:09 PM
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Default Intermittent Traction Control Light and ABS Light

Recently, I've been having intermittent Traction Control and ABS lights come on in the dash. There doesn't appear to be any pattern as to when it happens. It occurs at slow and fast speeds. They may stay on for a second or two or upwards of an hour. It doesn't appear to have any adverse effect on the car.

I've done some searching here and one of the threads shows cleaning the ABS sensors, which I may tackle. I've only had a quick look at one of the wheels as I don't have any axle stands (will be borrowing some over Christmas) and found the ABS sensor. What else could be causing this to happen, and where else should I be looking once I have the car on stands?

I bought a cheap VCDS cable off eBay and there aren't any errors showing up regarding brakes or the like. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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