Hey guys so my engine light, brake and abs lights came on along with the traction control light I was told it would be my wheel speed sensor I replaced the passenger rear as one wire of the sensor was cut, the only light that turned off was the check engine light. Can anyone help?
First of all you need diagnostics to check what errors you have - but most likely you have the usual DSC module failure as described below:
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+1 on Timm's advice. For a while I had intermittent cruise control dropout with the 'trifecta' of lights immediately after.
Since the cruise signal reads from the right rear, makes sense to replace that sensor? Uh...no.
Set up INPA after a bit, and found 208 instances of the left front wheel speed sensor dropping out. Sometimes diagnostics on
these cars are no so intuitive, given the range on connectivity they exist on.
Accurate diagnostics and INPA are your friend.
The problem is the little gold wires that are spot-welded between the PCB and the PCB-substrate - the picture below shows where I had a go at re-soldering the connection at the bottom centre:
This is the same repair that Module-Masters and other repairers make. The little wires get signals from the wheel sensors, pressure sensors and all sorts of other things. When they fail you will get an error code that references which wire has fallen off (such as a wheel sensor) - but the fault is with the DSC module.....
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Also my speedometer is not working and ran out of gas on the street because fuel gauge is not accurate could this be caused by the same thing
Sounds like a bad ABS module as stated above. Also, as Timm said, best to scan the car with OE software for verification.
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Took it to my local shop in roselle IL and it ended up being another speed sensor thx guys
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