Blew a tire, sporting a doughnut, now I have 3 lights on???
10-17-2008, 09:51 AM
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Blew a tire, sporting a doughnut, now I have 3 lights on??? Ok so make this a long story short, i blew a tire the other day and im rocking out my doughnut right now cause I decided im just going to store it early, so no need to buy a tire right now. I was driving into class this morning, and the car was viberating a little bit, after 5 min of driving my abs inop, tcs off, break light came on all at once, now what could of caused that? Is there some sensor that might have gotten wacked? Or is it cause I have a different size tire on it? Doughnut is on the drivers front fwiw. Then when I come to a slow stop it feels like one of the tires has a golf ball size buldge on it, it would rock back and forth. I didn't have time to look at all of the tires.
Any suggestions? And yes, I feel like a total tool driving it around with a doughnut......ugh
Any suggestions? And yes, I feel like a total tool driving it around with a doughnut......ugh
10-17-2008, 11:59 AM
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Ok so make this a long story short, i blew a tire the other day and im rocking out my doughnut right now cause I decided im just going to store it early, so no need to buy a tire right now. I was driving into class this morning, and the car was viberating a little bit, after 5 min of driving my abs inop, tcs off, break light came on all at once, now what could of caused that? Is there some sensor that might have gotten wacked? Or is it cause I have a different size tire on it? Doughnut is on the drivers front fwiw. Then when I come to a slow stop it feels like one of the tires has a golf ball size buldge on it, it would rock back and forth. I didn't have time to look at all of the tires.
Any suggestions? And yes, I feel like a total tool driving it around with a doughnut......ugh
Any suggestions? And yes, I feel like a total tool driving it around with a doughnut......ugh
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10-17-2008, 12:50 PM
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The doughnut is probably throwing off your ABS system... You have a WSS (wheel speed sensor) up there, and changing the tire size will effect that... Tires that are smaller in diameter up front will cause ABS to operate improperly... Having One tire smaller than the other will cause the whole system to malfunction, and act funny.
You might have broken a suspension component to cause the car to feel like it has a bulge in the tire... The doughnuts are designed to get you to the nearest tire shop, they aren't intended to drive around on, especially over 45 mph. You are putting more of a load on the right front tire due to the size difference, have you hit any bumps? railroad tracks? How long have you been driving around on the doughnut?
You might have broken a suspension component to cause the car to feel like it has a bulge in the tire... The doughnuts are designed to get you to the nearest tire shop, they aren't intended to drive around on, especially over 45 mph. You are putting more of a load on the right front tire due to the size difference, have you hit any bumps? railroad tracks? How long have you been driving around on the doughnut?
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10-17-2008, 01:39 PM
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I know that it isn't meant to be driven on for long peiords of times, or even short ones at that, the tire blew last Sunday. I have only been driving it around town, no highway use. The fastest I have gone is 50 at the MAX. I go over railroads everyday, and I live on a dirt road. I wont be driving it after this weekend. The abs/asr/break light go off and dont come back on when I shut it off and restart it. I has only came on twice in the last week.
10-17-2008, 02:01 PM
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Well the reason that it is coming on is the difference in tire rotation. I believe we have 4 channel ABS which means that we have two WSS's in the back... one WSS is measuring a different level of voltage than the other. If you were to slam your brakes, the ABS light would come on, and would not work.
The ABS light comes on when your ABS senses a problem, and it shuts the ABS back off.. But until the WSS senses that one of your tires isn't rotating (skidding), the system remains off, that's why the light isn't always on.
There's nothing wrong with the sensor, it's functioning like it should... once you put the OEM size wheel back on, you shouldn't see any lights.
Hope this makes sense.. Good luck with the rocking back and forth... hope it's nothing serious.
The ABS light comes on when your ABS senses a problem, and it shuts the ABS back off.. But until the WSS senses that one of your tires isn't rotating (skidding), the system remains off, that's why the light isn't always on.
There's nothing wrong with the sensor, it's functioning like it should... once you put the OEM size wheel back on, you shouldn't see any lights.
Hope this makes sense.. Good luck with the rocking back and forth... hope it's nothing serious.
10-17-2008, 10:15 PM
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Well, haha umm...... I blew the donut too.....
Whatever, the car is on jackstands currently until I can get 4 donuts and its going in the garage for winter after a good detail.
Here is the pics
The original tire.
What started it all, well this is where it was first split.
Whatever, the car is on jackstands currently until I can get 4 donuts and its going in the garage for winter after a good detail.
Here is the pics
The original tire.
What started it all, well this is where it was first split.
