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ABS light illuminated - 2000EX 4cylinder 5mt

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Old 05-02-2015 | 08:39 PM
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Default ABS light illuminated - 2000EX 4cylinder 5mt

Just changed the cabin air filter and now my ABS light is on. I pulled the 7.5am fuse on the passenger side fuse box for the ABS and put a new one in. I also disconnected the negative battery terminal for a couple of minutes and reconnected. I changed brake pads about a week ago and the reservoir was somewhat overfull. I sucked out some fluid tonight and the light is still on. Is there some way I may have shorted a wire when I changed the cabin air filter?
 
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Old 05-03-2015 | 09:58 AM
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Might have "hit" something doing the cabin filter but who knows.

Was the fuse blown? Is it blown again?

There are ways to get the abs codes if the fuse is good.
 
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Old 05-03-2015 | 11:08 AM
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See following link.

DIY: SRS Codes and reading them. - Club RSX Message Board

I believe (not absolutely sure) the procedure can be used to extract ABS codes. ABS light will blink the codes. Codes are all short flashes w/ 10's digit separated from unit digit by 1 sec pause. So ffff-p-ff = 4-2.

Post your codes for followup.

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Old 05-04-2015 | 04:56 PM
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I checked with Autozone and O'reilly's and neither had a scan tool to read ABS. So I dropped by the Honda dealership and they wanted $110.00 to hook up the scanner. I went to Harbor Freight and bought their scan tool for $107.00. Plugged it in and it came back with 15-1, which is right/rear speed sensor. I took off the wheel and pulled the sensor. Sprayed some PB blaster in their and wiped it. Reinstalled and pulled the negative ground for a few minutes and reinstalled. ABS light still illuminated, so I ordered a R/R Sensor from Rock Auto. That should take care of the code. I'll provide you with a follow up when I install it. Thanks for all the info.
 
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Old 05-04-2015 | 09:54 PM
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I have had some success w/ removing wheel speed sensor, stuffing a rag into the hole firmly against the tone ring, and rotating the wheel to clean the tone ring. It doesn't take to much debris to reduce signal strength apparently.

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Old 05-05-2015 | 12:22 PM
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It looks like PB Blaster and a road trip solved my speed sensor problem. The fault cleared today while on the highway. I checked to be certain with my code checker and all is well.
 
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