ABS Warning Light

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ABS Warning Light

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I have just bought a w 1.0 polo and after 2 days the abs light comes on intermitantly, any ideas?

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ignore it, mine comes on all the time, faulty sensor at the rear wheels iirc
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Post by BIG4244 »

as above prob just a faulty sensor could get it checked and fixed if its annoying you? cant see a sensor being expensive, realy easy to fit i think 1 allen key and a plug
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Post by alexperkins »

New sensor is nearly £60 if im right. I had to look into this a few weeks back for my new rear discs.
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thanks to you all for sending a reply. mike
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Post by DannyMk5 »

Yeah happened to me too on my old 1.0. Thought i got it sorted but came back on again after i had a full car :S
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same here danny :P
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Post by polopowah »

me too
gah one of those things that becomes faulty quite quickly vw put it in to scare oaps methinks!

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is there no way of cleaning them or anything?
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