honda legend abs light
 

i recently fitted a full set of brake pads to my friends 1995 honda
legend.since then abs light comes on, any idea why? it was ok before i
fitted pads.
thanks mike

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Re: honda legend abs light
 

"mikeB via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
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>i recently fitted a full set of brake pads to my friends 1995 honda
> legend.since then abs light comes on, any idea why? it was ok before i
> fitted pads.
> thanks mike
>
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An educated (but *too* educated!) guess... when the new pads were put in the
level of brake fluid may have risen and triggered the light. It happened to
a friend with a Ford, and the dealer wanted $1000 or more to replace the ABS
controller. Instead, he was able to slurp out enough fluid with a spoon to
get it back to the full line and all was well.

Mike

Re: honda legend abs light
 

"mikeB via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
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>i recently fitted a full set of brake pads to my friends 1995 honda
> legend.since then abs light comes on, any idea why? it was ok before i
> fitted pads.
> thanks mike
>
> --

An educated (but *too* educated!) guess... when the new pads were put in the
level of brake fluid may have risen and triggered the light. It happened to
a friend with a Ford, and the dealer wanted $1000 or more to replace the ABS
controller. Instead, he was able to slurp out enough fluid with a spoon to
get it back to the full line and all was well.

Mike

Re: honda legend abs light
 

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> An educated (but *too* educated!) guess...

D'oh! I meant NOT *too* educated! Ah well, this probably doesn't mean
anything good for the rest of my day. :-{

Mike

Re: honda legend abs light
 

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> An educated (but *too* educated!) guess...

D'oh! I meant NOT *too* educated! Ah well, this probably doesn't mean
anything good for the rest of my day. :-{

Mike

Re: honda legend abs light
 

"mikeB via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
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>i recently fitted a full set of brake pads to my friends 1995 honda
> legend.since then abs light comes on, any idea why? it was ok before i
> fitted pads.
> thanks mike
>
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The overfull fluid reservoir is a primo bet as another poster pointed out
but another very real possibility is that one of the wheel sensors was
damaged or disloged during the brake work and that is causing the ABS light
to stay illuminated.
Dave D

Re: honda legend abs light
 

"mikeB via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
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>i recently fitted a full set of brake pads to my friends 1995 honda
> legend.since then abs light comes on, any idea why? it was ok before i
> fitted pads.
> thanks mike
>
> --
> Message posted via CarKB.com
> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200505/1

The overfull fluid reservoir is a primo bet as another poster pointed out
but another very real possibility is that one of the wheel sensors was
damaged or disloged during the brake work and that is causing the ABS light
to stay illuminated.
Dave D