Tracs and ABS dashboard lights

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by george, Sep 3, 2005.

  1. george

    george Guest

    On our 1998 V70 (101373 miles), the tracs and ABS lights are now staying lit
    when the motor starts. (The car got a routine servicing shortly after 100K
    miles.)

    Does this mean we have lost the ABS braking system? The regular brakes seem
    to function OK. And, what does the tracs light mean to us as long as we
    stay out of mud and snow?

    TIA,
    George
     
    george, Sep 3, 2005
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  2. george

    Mike F Guest

    When the TRACS and ABS lights are on, you have no ABS brakes or traction
    control, but the normal brakes will still function. These cars have a
    problem with the ABS computer (which is also the TRACS computer) that
    causes the light to be on intermittently at first, then more and more
    frequently as the problem gets worse. There's a guy in California that
    rebuilds them, see

    http://home.earthlink.net/~vicrocha/

    (I have no experience, no affiliation, with this guy, but I've only ever
    read good things about him.)

    --
    Mike F.
    Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

    Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
    (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
     
    Mike F, Sep 6, 2005
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