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Orange 4W ABS Light on Dash?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:33 pm
by bessthebongo
Hi everyone
Would like to know what the 4W ABS Orange light is on the dashboard as only came on sunday and is now staying on.
I have a 98 2.5V6 Petrol Bongo.
I know it is someting to do with the ABS but the manual says that to contact a local Mazda dealer.
Would this be a simple switch which may need replacing or could it be something else?
Any ideas welcome.
Re: Orange 4W ABS Light on Dash?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:41 pm
by MAZABON
firstly check the brake fluid level, just incase its connected, doubt it but worth checking
also unplug ABS sensors at each wheel one at a time - see if the light goes out as you disconnect each one
if a sensor is faulty hopefully you will locate the issue this way, if not your issue may be deeper in the system
had a similar situation years ago with a Astra GTE, turned out to be a faulty cable in one of the front wheel sensors, it just wore out through constant moving around and the cables ended up touching each other inside the outer sheathing and made the light stay on
also just to add, if you find a sensor at fault it may be ok but just dirty see link -
http://autorepair.about.com/od/regularm ... ns_cln.htm
no guarantee its this but fairly simple to check
rgds
Re: Orange 4W ABS Light on Dash?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:47 pm
by dave_aber
A duff brake light bulb will give you this too.
Have you changed your brake lights for fancy-pants LED ones? They can cause the ABS warning to come on intermittently.
Re: Orange 4W ABS Light on Dash?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:05 pm
by waycar8
Had this today, both rear brake light bulbs were gone, changed both and ABS light went off
Re: Orange 4W ABS Light on Dash?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:48 pm
by MAZABON
waycar8 wrote:Had this today, both rear brake light bulbs were gone, changed both and ABS light went off
interesting, so is this then supposed to happen as in does the ABS light also act as a brake light fault warning light ?
useful to confirm for future reference
Re: Orange 4W ABS Light on Dash?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 6:42 pm
by waycar8
MAZABON wrote:waycar8 wrote:Had this today, both rear brake light bulbs were gone, changed both and ABS light went off
interesting, so is this then supposed to happen as in does the ABS light also act as a brake light fault warning light ?
useful to confirm for future reference
Yep had it before when a brake light bulb had gone, I think the wiring for the ABS light runs through the bulb wiring and not on a separate circuit