I finally got around to changing out that bad ABS sensor that was causing my ABS to engage while slowing down on dry pavement.

The sensor i got was a freebie from a friend who had an 04 level 2 ranger.

Install went ok, but i noticed the cord from my ABS sensor had a blue rubber rubber ring around it and the new one from the 04 ranger had a white rubber ring. (Differences in the two??)

After it was installed and everything put back together, i started the truck up but noticed my ABS light was on (solid, not flashing).

The truck drives ok and braking is fine - the new sensor seems to have solved my problem.

Any suggestions as to why my ABS light would of come on? (brake fluid level is good)

 

Why would the sensor be bad? The old sensor i removed was "bad" and it never yeilded any cluster light.

 

try reseting your PCM by taking the negative cable off the battery or by a XCalibrator 2........

 

heh, if i only had an XCalibrator 2, lol.

I guess i'll remove the negative cable for a while.. Argh, i better set aside a freakin hour to re-do my headunit settings.

 

that right there was a BIG convencing reason i got the X2....well besides the normale additions that it gives....

anyone around you that has an X2? they can read and clear your codes...

 

Hmm, i dont think so..

Not anyone i know of anyway - too bad autozone couldnt do it..

 

I have drove it 40 miles or so since the then and the light is still on. My ABS is NOT engaging anymore so if the sensor was bad wouldnt it still be engaging?

 

Couldn't the code be pulled if the ABS light is on?

I have a friend who works at the dealer, he could take a look at it after hours.

Only thing i can think of is that its the wrong one, they changed it from 2001 to 2004. Or, somehow, it got damaged during shipping. I dont know how i would of installed it wrong, just removed the old one and carefully installed the new one just like the old one was installed.

 

My friend works at the chrysler dealer in town, im sure he can hook up their module and take a look at it.

 

an 04 sensor will not work in a 2001 or older maybe even 2002 or older hub.

we had similar problems with evan's truck, but we used my sensors in my hubs sense we noticed the sensors were different.

talk to evan he had some 01 sensors.

 

It's a bad/wrong sensor that's all.

 

Yeah my buddy hooked it up to his scanner today and it said it wasnt even getting a signal from that sensor.

So basically i can only use a sensor for a 2001 ranger?

 

yea or change out your spindles.

you were at evan's lift meet surprised that you dont remember us talking about that.

 

I wasnt there at that time.

Looks like im back to square 1 for the sensor. Although when i took my original one out that was "bad" i cleaned it up and it looked good. Maybe i'll try that one again since the corrosive material is off, see if it works before i go spend 100 bucks on a new sensor.

 

Sounds good, if there is rust in there how would i go about getting in there and cleaning it?

Thanks for the info btw.

 

well you can spray anti rust stuff on it or pour a can of coke on rust.

 

i was thinking use some contact cleaner or electrical parts cleaner.