ABS Lights are on + Cruise Control Not working

[Tsirpas]

Well, a few months back I was in a moderate accident, and got my berings replaced, and struts and shocks. (on one side) and the rim had to be repainted and fixed. But ever since I left the shop, the ABS lights are on, and I can't activate cruise control. I'm really busy, and unfortunatly my lifestyle doesn't give me the precious time I need to go back to the shop and follow up and try to diagnose the problem.

I was hoping someone had an idea of a quick fix, or what it may be?

[3GFX]

This sounds like a decent issue, get your car scanned, make the time to figure out what it is and then go from there.

[Donutz]

Possibly a damaged ABS sensor; or perhaps the shop forgot to reconnect the sensor when your suspension was installed.

[TheMAN]

they could have either put in non-ABS wheel bearings or installed them backwards! the wheel bearings themselves are magnetized on one side of it on the bearing itself and the sensor picks up the magnetic signal from there... it is an unconventional design because most cars uses a cogged ring/gear at the axle or hub to accomplish this

either way, you need to bring it back to the shop and have them take care of this... it is their fault they didn't do the repair right!

[Donutz]

^^ That I did not know. Good info about the wheel bearings.

[FLIPDADY]

Possibly a damaged ABS sensor; or perhaps the shop forgot to reconnect the sensor when your suspension was installed.
I would start here first. Very easy to damage the sensor when replacing the bearings.

[TheMAN]

also check that the ABS sensor wiring is routed correctly... I have seen crappy shops forget to put on the holder brackets for the wiring and it just slops around or routed incorrectly in the wheel well and the tire eventually rubbed through the wire! there should be a bracket that goes on top of the sway bar end link tab on the front struts... it is NOT part of the struts and is a separate attaching piece which is used to let the wire clip onto it to hold it in place

[TheMAN]

also... 04 and very early 05 models uses axles BOLTS to tighten the axles to the wheel hub... if they for any reason back out (improperly torqued, no loctite, or reused; they are torque to yield bolts), the axle can cause the wheel bearing to move out of place and it could also cause ABS problems... wheel bearing movement by itself was also a problem on some 04 models and the fix was to glob loctite on before pressing them in

also the speedometer works off the ABS sensors, there is no speedometer sensor on the car itself... this explains why the cruise control isn't working because the computer won't let it work for safety reasons!