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Old 1st May 2018, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ainarssems View Post
Neither, I would try to check connectors and replace the cable on the old one first as it is usually the problem because conductors break inside cable from all the bending over time going over bumps so 14 year old is likely to get the same fault soon and aftermarket could be questionable quality.
I have replaced all of the twisted pairs of ABS wires to each sensor all of the way back to the ABS unit on my D3 A8L, this was due to the external casing getting brittle and cracking / breaking away in a number of places and the twisted pairs making random contact and setting of the beeps of doom on the dash
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