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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 06:46 PM
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awhile ago one of my skinnys came off in the front .. loose lugs .... doh...


but it was my passanger side ... would that cause my abs inop to come on ... the abs sensor in the front get messed up ?
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 06:49 PM
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check to see if it simply unplugged, I've seen that happen before
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Originally Posted by artic-z28
awhile ago one of my skinnys came off in the front .. loose lugs .... doh...


but it was my passanger side ... would that cause my abs inop to come on ... the abs sensor in the front get messed up ?
IF you have skinnines on the car the abs light will come on.
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ta12sec
IF you have skinnines on the car the abs light will come on.
only if the 2 tire diameters are different by enough for the pcm to think its seeing wheelspin.
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i got the stock rim back on ... should i do a pcm reset ? i really think the sensor is messed up on the passanger side
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A PCM reset won't address an ABS issue. If the problem is corrected the ABS inop light should go off on its own and it should do so relatively quickly.
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A PCM reset won't address an ABS issue. If the problem is corrected the ABS inop light should go off on its own and it should do so relatively quickly.


You'll see the same on a dyno.
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