02 Escape XLT, ABS Light Doesn't Work
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02 Escape XLT, ABS Light Doesn't Work
I just noticed this on Saturday while a friend and I were changing one of the front wheel bearings. We found a broken ABS tone ring at the front left cv shaft, so we made a note to replace it when the brakes get done. However, getting ready to test drive the car with the new wheel bearing, I noticed that the ABS light doesn't light up at all (no self-test at startup, no nothing). I know that it worked when I bought the car back in November.
Fuses were checked and found to be good. ABS definitely is not functional.
Any ideas of what could be the problem. I assume that a broken/missing tone ring would throw an ABS light, rather than knock out the whole system, right?
Fuses were checked and found to be good. ABS definitely is not functional.
Any ideas of what could be the problem. I assume that a broken/missing tone ring would throw an ABS light, rather than knock out the whole system, right?
Trailering
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You might try resetting the computer. Disconnect the battery for like 10 minutes and then try again.
There is some sort of official test procedure that can tell you if it's working or not but I don't have the details. Otherwise if it's not the fuse then maybe the ABS computer is toast? Could also be the bulb but I don't know if this year uses an individual bulb for the abs light.
There is some sort of official test procedure that can tell you if it's working or not but I don't have the details. Otherwise if it's not the fuse then maybe the ABS computer is toast? Could also be the bulb but I don't know if this year uses an individual bulb for the abs light.
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Disconnecting the battery will not change anything. If the light doesn't come on during initial prove-out, the bulb is likely burned out.
Any ABS fault that should light the bulb will force the ABS system off-line leaving you with regular hydraulic brakes, just no ABS assist.
Any ABS fault that should light the bulb will force the ABS system off-line leaving you with regular hydraulic brakes, just no ABS assist.
Trailering
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Disconnecting the battery forces the computer to reset and the computer can in fact get into a wedged state where the ABS doesn't work at all (light always off). Seen it happen multiple times with different Fords (likely because of a faulty computer) but not an Escape. Something simple to try anyway.
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