Mightyleader
Member
We're just in the process of moving house, to leafy Haslemere. Last weekend I was at our old flat, had seen the removals people off with our stuff and was getting ready to jumping Diane follow them down. About 100 metres into my journey I got three loud beeps, a warning symbol of the DIS and the ABS and Traction Control amber warning lights lit up. Damn.
So I read up a bit on here and it seemed like the issue was probably something in the connection, cable or sensor. I didn't have my old laptop that I setup for VCDS with me so couldn't tell for sure. Brakes seemed to be working OK and nothing else was an issue. I tried turning it all off and on again but the warning reoccured.
So I decided to bite the bullet and drive her down to the house. Everything seemed fine the whole journey (except the flashing red warning) and I tried to drive and control speed with gears and leave the brakes unless I needed them.
Once I got down here and the rain stopped, I hooked up VCDS and got the following...
Address 03: ABS Brakes Labels: None
Controller: 8Z0 907 379 D
Component: ESP FRONT MK60 0101
Coding: 0007175
Shop #: WSC 00000
VCID: 49E5B47460A1
1 Fault Found:
00283 - ABS Wheel Speed Sensor; Front Left (G47)
003 - Mechanical Failure - Intermittent
Sounds like the culprit, a faulty sensor. So I jacked her and took of the wheel to see if the issue was actually the sensor or maybe a worn cable (I had the suspension down recently and am running wider wheels/tyres so it felt like a possibility). To my annoyance what I found was this...
Cracked connector housing that likely let in water and ruined the sensor too. I tried dispersing water in sensor and connector and driving up and down the road but the warning persisted even after clearing. After battling the parts manual pages I found the number for the sensor (6Q0927803B), which I ordered on eBay and should be here Monday.
But the cable! Firstly determining which part number I needed was not obvious; between searches on the forums here and checking the manual I determined it to be 8Z0927904 but finding one I can actually buy is another thing entirely.
I think it might even be easier to replace the connector on the end of the cable rather than hunt for the cable part. If anyone knows the part number for the connector I'd be very grateful to know!
So I read up a bit on here and it seemed like the issue was probably something in the connection, cable or sensor. I didn't have my old laptop that I setup for VCDS with me so couldn't tell for sure. Brakes seemed to be working OK and nothing else was an issue. I tried turning it all off and on again but the warning reoccured.
So I decided to bite the bullet and drive her down to the house. Everything seemed fine the whole journey (except the flashing red warning) and I tried to drive and control speed with gears and leave the brakes unless I needed them.
Once I got down here and the rain stopped, I hooked up VCDS and got the following...
Address 03: ABS Brakes Labels: None
Controller: 8Z0 907 379 D
Component: ESP FRONT MK60 0101
Coding: 0007175
Shop #: WSC 00000
VCID: 49E5B47460A1
1 Fault Found:
00283 - ABS Wheel Speed Sensor; Front Left (G47)
003 - Mechanical Failure - Intermittent
Sounds like the culprit, a faulty sensor. So I jacked her and took of the wheel to see if the issue was actually the sensor or maybe a worn cable (I had the suspension down recently and am running wider wheels/tyres so it felt like a possibility). To my annoyance what I found was this...
Cracked connector housing that likely let in water and ruined the sensor too. I tried dispersing water in sensor and connector and driving up and down the road but the warning persisted even after clearing. After battling the parts manual pages I found the number for the sensor (6Q0927803B), which I ordered on eBay and should be here Monday.
But the cable! Firstly determining which part number I needed was not obvious; between searches on the forums here and checking the manual I determined it to be 8Z0927904 but finding one I can actually buy is another thing entirely.
I think it might even be easier to replace the connector on the end of the cable rather than hunt for the cable part. If anyone knows the part number for the connector I'd be very grateful to know!