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Old 08-04-2010, 12:13 PM
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Yesterday I was driving and all of a sudden my abs light and e brake light came on, of course advanced said they couldn't check it and big o wanted 45 dollars to check it so I held off on it and driving home hit a bump in the road, and guess what happened? Both lights turned off ha.

But seriously any hints to why both lights came on? I kept trying to release the e brake thinking it was stuck but nothing changed and it drove fine, then on the side road driving home doing 65 my speedo was reading off about 3 miles per hour but after the bump the speedo worked normally and the lights turned off.

Maybe that's all it needed was a bump in the road
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 12:52 PM
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Abs was probably not counting correct revolutions of the tires and or gettin different counts from 1 or more of the sensors.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 01:07 PM
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That's kinda what I figured, I just don't know why it suddenly stopped working and then worked again
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 01:22 PM
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It's electronic, tone rind could have buildup on it. Is it 4 wheel or just rear wheel abs?
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 01:47 PM
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Can't be worse then mine... going down the road my speedo will shutoff, tach stop working, then all gauges go to 0...

All my warning lights come on... it's because of the steering wheel, all the wires are wrapped up tight around it... if I hit my kick panel really hard it all works again
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 02:31 PM
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Who knows what's wrong with it. It did it on the way to big o today for my alignment and they still want to charge me 40 bucks to check it. F that ha
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 03:50 PM
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It's not just Dodge either. AT my last place of employment we had a fleet of 05-08 Chevy 2500 HD's and only one or two had fully functioning dash clusters.
Electronics just suck, I'll stick with my old rust bucket.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 04:23 PM
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When I bought mine it was doing the same things - ABS light, Parking brake light, and erratic spedometer (my spedo didn't work untill around 20 MPH). The problem was a sensor in the rear end. I bought one from the local auto parts store for like $15 and five minuts of work later all three were fixed.

I hope this works for you
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 04:36 PM
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thats why i now have the reliabilty of a ford and the cummins in one. i couldnt tell you how many electrical issues i had in my dodge before i yanked the cummins out of it.
 
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Old 08-04-2010, 08:49 PM
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Well its back on and doing the same thing so I guess I might as well try the rear sensor. Looks like I need to get a fsm so I know where to look and such. Just reminds me of the jeep days.

Is there a stronger possibility its a front sensor because my speedo is only running 3 off at 65 and about 5 off at 75? I think its rediculous they could check the abs light on my chevy and ranger but not on my dodge
 

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