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    I was washing my car and I sprayed in the wheel wells to get some of the dirt off the calipers and after I left a lil while later the abs and trac off light came on. It came on awhile back but when I turned the car off and back on it did not come back on. Is there something in particular I should be looking for? Which wheel should I be checking??? Thanks guys
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    Check the speed sensors on the wheels.
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    Thanks guz, that's all?
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    the abs sensor is in the hub assembly....those go bad often..can get a wheel bearing and hub online rather cheap.
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    If not it's a short or damaged wire for the sensor.
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    Sounds about right postal, I took off my front left wheel and I touched the wires and the light came on immediately. I want to get it scanned but don't have the 65 dollars for an abs scan . Honestly thinking that I should just get an abs scanner myself. How much should the wires cost? Is it difficult to replace?
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    you can try this, pull the abs plugs, clean it up and the hub side, with electrical cleaner, and smear some di-electrical grease on the ends, and put back together, could be a bad/corroded connection that got worse when it got wet.

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