Service Traction System Light -_-
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 871
From: Atlanta, GA
Well see I don't exactly have the cash for it right now. Trying to find a median between cheap and Timken. If there's simply not one in the middle, then whatever, but if there is, it's better than driving with a bad something or other. Hub/bearing, sensor, who knows.
Here's the thing. I live in GA. Where it's humid except in winter (where I didn't have the issue unless it rained). Now I have the problem when it rains and when there's humidity in the air, which is going to be increasingly often. Makes me think it's a sensor, but the abs and other codes make me think it's the hub/bearing?
Here's the thing. I live in GA. Where it's humid except in winter (where I didn't have the issue unless it rained). Now I have the problem when it rains and when there's humidity in the air, which is going to be increasingly often. Makes me think it's a sensor, but the abs and other codes make me think it's the hub/bearing?
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 379
From: Aurora, IL
I think it's moisture that causes/exacerbates the issue. Seems that the wiring in the hub itself is somehow affected by moisture over time. Mine quickly went from intermittent warnings to daily. Best to just change them based on what they look like when you finally are able to get them off the car...I also think it's good peace of mind considering the hub/bearing is what takes the abuse each time you hammer the throttle...Probably not a part you'd want to go the cheap route with.
Last edited by SSilver; Mar 21, 2013 at 01:06 AM.
How hard is it to do yourself...Doesn't the hub have to be pressed in or something?
I'm getting that light and should probably get to it soon.
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I just had the dealership replace it.
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Around $650 I think. I didn't have the time to do the work myself at that time.
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It seems i fix one thing on this car and then something else breaks 
Anyways when i first bought the car this light came on the first few days and then Disappeared up until a few weeks ago. We got hit with a huge snow storm and i had to move the car to get the snowblower out. I dug out the front a bit then drove it out but then it got stuck. So anyways i plowed the driveway and got the car unstuck later, this was on a friday. Then monday when i was going to school i drove for maybe 30 seconds then the light came on. It stayed on for a few days and then when things dryed up and got a bit warm it dissapeered. 2 Days later after it rained it came back again on the morning drive but then was gone on my way back and for the next few days. This week it came on once in the morning on monday and then was gone till this morning and we had another huge snow storm and the car got stuck again. Anyways i had it in the air at school last week to try and fix the problem and saw the wire coming out of the speed sensor from the wheel bearing, the plastic around it looked cracked and broken. The scan tool showed that it was the RF Wheel speed sensor, so passenger side wheel sensor. Now i know i have to replace the wheel bearing but it just seems so weird that it dissapperes for 5 months and then comes back almost every week now and when its only wet sometimes. Anyways i got a quote for a wheel bearing and it was 63 for economy with a 10 month warranty or 153 with a 3 year warranty. Which one would be better? Is there really a huge difference between them?
Anyways when i first bought the car this light came on the first few days and then Disappeared up until a few weeks ago. We got hit with a huge snow storm and i had to move the car to get the snowblower out. I dug out the front a bit then drove it out but then it got stuck. So anyways i plowed the driveway and got the car unstuck later, this was on a friday. Then monday when i was going to school i drove for maybe 30 seconds then the light came on. It stayed on for a few days and then when things dryed up and got a bit warm it dissapeered. 2 Days later after it rained it came back again on the morning drive but then was gone on my way back and for the next few days. This week it came on once in the morning on monday and then was gone till this morning and we had another huge snow storm and the car got stuck again. Anyways i had it in the air at school last week to try and fix the problem and saw the wire coming out of the speed sensor from the wheel bearing, the plastic around it looked cracked and broken. The scan tool showed that it was the RF Wheel speed sensor, so passenger side wheel sensor. Now i know i have to replace the wheel bearing but it just seems so weird that it dissapperes for 5 months and then comes back almost every week now and when its only wet sometimes. Anyways i got a quote for a wheel bearing and it was 63 for economy with a 10 month warranty or 153 with a 3 year warranty. Which one would be better? Is there really a huge difference between them?
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You paid $650.....
are you ****ing crazy, for a bearing replacement.....
