Thread: ABS and Check Tire Pressure with hard steering

So tonight I was driving and all of a sudden my Check Tire Pressure and ABS light turned on... at the same time my steering tightened up and was more difficult to turn the wheel...

I just did the front brakes and got new tires last weekend...

searched, found nothing - any ideas?

umm maybe the rack and pinion or the powersteering pump you may want to check those out first

After looking up some more on wheel hub/bearings I'm pretty sure its the sensors. It was raining really hard yesterday, so I'm hoping it either a) has some water in it and needs to be unconnected and reconnected or b) just needs a wire replaced.

If it is the entire wheel hub assembly... how do I know which wheel it would be and is there a how-to on here? I'm pretty sure I could do it myself if I had a nice write-up. Thanks.

EDIT: Also - what would happen if I just let it be till say... summer? Like just left the lights on and dealt with it... would it harm anything in my car? The only difference besides the lights that I notice is the steering tightens up a little only when the lights come on.

What would happen if I just let it be till say... June or July? Would it harm anything in my car? The only difference besides the lights that I notice is the steering tightens up a little only when the lights come on.

So you are pretty sure its a hub assembly? - I would still feel a lot more confident with a write-up... I'm a newb. If anyone could direct me to one, that would be great. Thanks so far archemedes!

On our cars, if a WSS (wheel speed sensor) is bad, the entire hub needs to be replaced.

Not hard. Took me about 45 minutes last time. But would probably take someone on the average of 1.5 hours.

Originally Posted by GreenNirvana101

What would happen if I just let it be till say... June or July? Would it harm anything in my car? The only difference besides the lights that I notice is the steering tightens up a little only when the lights come on.

Well if the bearing is bad, your wheel MAY eventualy fall off, but if it is just a sensor, no problems should occur(other than not having TC and ABS)

To easily check the bearing, lif the car and grab the tire top and bottom, work it back and forth a good bearing should have no play, and a bad one will have play

Well I feel pretty stupid.... today I went out to check the WSS... they were kind of loose and very very wet. I simply re-connected them and tried to clean them up as much as I could. I took the car out for a country road spin up to about 75 mph with some aggressive driving - lights never came on.

I'm guessing it must of been a combination of the loose connections and heavy rains last night? If the lights come on again, I might have to replace the hub assembly, but I'll wait it out as long as I can!

Thanks everyone