hazaturbo Member 56 Member For: 15y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Revesby Posted 29/05/10 10:57 AM Share Posted 29/05/10 10:57 AM I have a 2006 BF and it just had its 90,000km service. I got the car back and now I notice that the traction control lights up on the dash. I have tried to turn the traction back on however the light stays on. I usually drive with the traction off but with the weather lately it would be nice to have it on. I know my battery needs replacing, could this affect the traction control. I also noticed a few weeks ago that my speedo stopped working as I was driving. I stopped the car and turned it on again but it still would not work. Later that day the speedo worked again. Then the next day my ceruise control would not work. The next day it was working fine. Anyone else have these problems and if so what fixed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 15y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 29/05/10 11:13 AM Share Posted 29/05/10 11:13 AM It sounds to me like they did something (or didn't do) when servicing it. Maybe a damaged plug, faulty fuse etc. You should really take it back and get them to look at it. You could be wasting a lot of time trying to find it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 29/05/10 11:18 AM Share Posted 29/05/10 11:18 AM all those faults are related to rear abs sensors, did you have any brake work done on the rear.do both your brake lights work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazaturbo Member 56 Member For: 15y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Revesby Posted 29/05/10 11:44 AM Author Share Posted 29/05/10 11:44 AM The dealer rang during service and said that the light was coming on when turning left. I had not noticed this previous to the service however I always turned the traction off when I started the car. They were not sure what the problem was. The front and rear brakes were checked but no work was carried out on the brakes. I have noticed that sometimes the light comes on about 10 seconds after starting the car even if I have not moved and other times I can drive for a minute or so before the light comes on. Both brake lights are working. I know I have a faulty combination switch as my lights only work in auto mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonn Member 141 Member For: 15y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: Carrum, VIC Posted 19/06/10 03:40 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 03:40 PM mate im getting the same problem happened tonight. with 46,000kms and already getting problems!abs light is staying on and traction control wont turn off. also my speedo is reading half the speed of what im doing.guessing one of the abs sensors needs a clean or replacement.is your abs light staying on too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Member 361 Member For: 17y 20d Posted 19/06/10 11:43 PM Share Posted 19/06/10 11:43 PM I can't remember the detail, but, from Memory, there is a Sensor on the front Hub that gets dirty or packs it in!My wife's Car had the problem with both the TC light and ABS Lights staying on after we fitted some new Rotors and Pads, etc!Replaced the Sensor and all was well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 16y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 20/06/10 06:24 AM Share Posted 20/06/10 06:24 AM Jack her up, take off the wheel. look in the back of the disc caliper assembly for a wire and follow it to the sensor which is held in with one small bolt(8mm I think from memory). Undo the bolt, remove the sensor which will most likly be covered in iron filings-(magnetized) and give it a wipe to remove these filings. Reassemble. Cleaned mine at 68000km when I did the suspension and they had a good coat of filings on em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonn Member 141 Member For: 15y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: Carrum, VIC Posted 23/06/10 12:38 PM Share Posted 23/06/10 12:38 PM yeah I did it on the BA I used to have and solved the abs light issue. must be a common problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudiger All round good guy! Lifetime Members 1,122 Member For: 15y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Greenvale, Victoria Posted 24/06/10 10:32 AM Share Posted 24/06/10 10:32 AM Bloody Ford (I assume it was Ford) "Yeah we design them, we build them and we will tell you we fix them, but we dont know whats wrong"Take it back and ask that they fix it but probably wont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 19y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 26/06/10 08:26 AM Share Posted 26/06/10 08:26 AM Mine does the same thing, it seems to be an alignment thing. They have re-calibrated my steering angle sensors about 5 times, its good for about 15000km but faults constantly now. I'm out of warranty now so I guess its gonna cost me a few pennies this time :( My car has the light come on every time I drive it now, so annoying. Last time I went they told me to get new tyres, a wheel alignment, then they will re-calibrate it. Only ford can do it cos no other service places have the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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