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VW GTI · Diagnostics

Wheel Speed Sensor ABS

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An ABS light that comes on with the traction/ESP light and often a dropped or erratic speedometer is, nine times out of ten, a wheel-speed sensor — not the expensive ABS pump. The sensor reads a toothed ring (reluctor) at each hub; when one fails or its ring corrodes, the ABS module sees a bad signal, disables ABS/ESP, and lights the dash