GrumpyGel
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I believe last time an ABS sensor was not connected?
You connected that and it then appeared to work OK.
However, an ABS Sensor would not throw the handbrake warning light - it would throw the ABS and probably TC and HDC lights - collectively known as the "3 Amigos".
That being the case - are you sure you have the handbrake light coming on?
Do you ABS/TC/HCS on your car? Some early ones didn't, if you have a yellow Hill Descent switch on the gear selector?
When you turn your ignition on do you get 4 brake related lights lit? ABS/TC/HDCx2 ? They should come on for a couple of seconds and then 3 go out to leave just the ABS until you start moving and get to 5mph.
For those that don't know, ABS faults can be expensive and complex to fix - and its a MOT failure - so people have been known to remove the bulbs from the dash to get it through a MOT - or possibly fiddle with things so the hand brake light comes on instead!
You connected that and it then appeared to work OK.
However, an ABS Sensor would not throw the handbrake warning light - it would throw the ABS and probably TC and HDC lights - collectively known as the "3 Amigos".
That being the case - are you sure you have the handbrake light coming on?
Do you ABS/TC/HCS on your car? Some early ones didn't, if you have a yellow Hill Descent switch on the gear selector?
When you turn your ignition on do you get 4 brake related lights lit? ABS/TC/HDCx2 ? They should come on for a couple of seconds and then 3 go out to leave just the ABS until you start moving and get to 5mph.
For those that don't know, ABS faults can be expensive and complex to fix - and its a MOT failure - so people have been known to remove the bulbs from the dash to get it through a MOT - or possibly fiddle with things so the hand brake light comes on instead!