Jaybeck860

Yesterday I changed my front passenger side wheel bearing, and then on the way back home i realized when i was about to come to a complete stop, traction control kicks in and jolts my car.. Luckily it's only when i'm stopping, so it doesn't do it at high speeds, but still it's definitely a problem.
I think it has to do with a sensor that i had to unplug to change the wheel bearing, because when I was taking it apart i noticed two zip ties on it sort of holding it into place. I'm thinking that the previous owner must have jammed the sensor in and used the zip ties to keep it in place, so i tried to do the same thing today but the problem didn't stop.. has anyone else had this problem? what should i do to try to fix it, or if it's not fixable, what part do i have to replace to make it stop? thank you for any suggestions in advance!

PS it still happens even when I turn traction control off..

mitsuguy

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That is the ABS kicking in, the first and most basic version of traction control...

Usually an intermittent wheel speed signal is what causes that - either the reluctor ring is faulty, its a toothed wheel attached to the bearing usually, the sensor itself is faulty (the part with the wires), or, the gap between the two is bad...

Scratchy

yea those sensors are easy to install wrong. this is what mine looked like when I bought my car, and it was giving me problems (solid ABS light, ABS not working at times, ABS being over-sensitive at times). second picture is how i reinstalled them and everything went away.

Jewel707

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^ I have the same problem. Not sure I see how you installed them differently? Can you explain?

Thanks!

Scratchy

This little bit of a gap was apparently enough to be causing my problems. I didn't think it was going to work, but everything went away when I reinstalled them flush.

Jaybeck860

that's crazy! i didn't realize the difference in the first pictures either, it's ridiculous that such a tiny space can make the difference. i'm going to check it out tomorrow and see if that's what it is, thank you very much!

Scratchy

yea i found it on some page in the diagnostics manual. hope it works for you too.

Jaybeck860

Scratchy, you were right about it being not completely flush. I couldn't get it to stay down by itself though, it must be missing something that's supposed to keep it down. so me and my father ended up creating a little metal piece and using a longer bolt to keep it down.. it worked perfectly, it should've came with this piece stock. lmao. check it out! i can take better pictures of it too if anyone wants to see it better or doesn't see exactly what it's doing, i just put my phone near it and took some pictures real quick and this is what i got..