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2nd June 2009, 11:34 AM
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Urgent - ABS light and beep of doom!
Got in this morning pulled away and was greeted by beeping, an ABS light and the big red brake symbol on the display. I'm about to phone the independant I use but please tell me that sounds like just a sensor. I drove it gently to work and it seemed ok. I sometimes read that MAFs can throw similar signals about. Any reassurance gratefully received.
Bill PS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH !
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2nd June 2009, 12:25 PM
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Bill,
OMG Arrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh About as reassuring as I can get. Hope it helps! PS Probably a wheel speed sensor. Whip em all out give em a good clean and re-insert them. Here is how.
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#3
2nd June 2009, 02:19 PM
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Spoke to a8 parts. For future reference the big red brake symbol with exclamation mark often means that the ecu is unable to detect the presence of a sensor at all whereas the abs sensor light on it's own means that can still see the sensor but the readings back are a little odd.
For future reference 2: The disk that the sensor looks at is mounted to the driveshaft so if you damage the driveshaft you can kill the sensor as well. How NICE. Happy days, will post a confirmed diagnosis later. For future reference 3: If, like me, you're a paid up member of the owners club P&P is free from a8 parts. On something the weight of a drive shaft this saving can make a considerable contribution to your membership fee's for next year  .Bill
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2nd June 2009, 05:10 PM
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Front o/s drive shaft and ABS sensor are winging their way to me tomorrow, arrive on Thursday. My grease monkey squeezed me in even though one of them is on holiday so it looks like I should make it on Sunday.
.Dealing with A8parts leaves such a lovely warm, fuzzy feeling in my tummy. If bits could just stop breaking please so I could save up for an S8 or a chipped 4.2 tdi that would be nice. The wife said that she wants another one when we kill this one, mostly because I can tell her what's wrong with it (thanks to you lot) and thanks to A8parts and a good mechanic it's cheap to fix. 9000 miles and it's cost me, even after this, less than £400 (not including £550 on tyres but don't tell the wife.) in servicing and maintenance. If it would just do more than 20mpg it would be perfect . Bill
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"Man Math" - The means by which a caring husband convinces his wife that a 4.2 A8 is in fact cheaper to run than a tiny Auto crap box "Being in touch with your feminine side" - The ability to, in the 30 seconds following a major accident, obtain your wifes approval for replacing your big german car with another "because otherwise we'd be dead". See also sulking for two years until she finally allows you to get another purely on the basis of your current one being the wrong colour. Last edited by billblank; 2nd June 2009 at 05:11 PM. Reason: apostrophe, bah.
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2nd June 2009, 06:39 PM
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Quote:
 Sounds like your in Love with A8 Parts 
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2nd June 2009, 08:45 PM
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Quote:
You may now...  Bill
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"Man Math" - The means by which a caring husband convinces his wife that a 4.2 A8 is in fact cheaper to run than a tiny Auto crap box "Being in touch with your feminine side" - The ability to, in the 30 seconds following a major accident, obtain your wifes approval for replacing your big german car with another "because otherwise we'd be dead". See also sulking for two years until she finally allows you to get another purely on the basis of your current one being the wrong colour.
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