Ancient_Hacker

The ABS light went on in our 97 Odyssey. The fault code said "rear
left sensor", and by doggy- the ohmeter show it to be open.

Now let's think about this sensor. It's a little coil of wire, maybe
200 turns of like #38 wire, on a little iron core. Then potted in
epoxy and a short wire attached to it.

Nothing very high-tech there. Coils of wire have been made for over
100 years.

I call the dealer and ask for the part-- not only don't they have one
in stock, the price is, now hold on, $188 !!!

Even after calling around, I can't find it for less than $138.

Can anybody explain why something that could be made in China for maybe
$3 is so outrageously high? I've bought whole cars for less than that.