no ABS light when i first turn the key to ON postion (not start) what could be wrong? bad light bulb behind the cluster? blown fuse?. i wanna diagnose my abs system seems like my rear pass. brake stuck for some reason and make alil squeaky sound when car starts moving slowly. need help guys! oh btw its a 98 integra.

 

anyone??

 

Check the fuse. If the fuse is ok then try locking up your brakes at about 30 mph and see if the ABS engages. If it works then it's your bulb, if it doesn't work then you're going to check all the wiring to see what's going on.

 

i checked the fuse all good is it the one under the hood? and also i removed the cluster and didnt find any ABS bulb is there really a ABS bulb behind the cluster cus i couldnt find a SRS bulb either but it lights up tho. maybe theres a wire short somewhere?
ANYONE WITH THIS PROBLEM?

 

are you sure there is no bulb in the abs slot if not take a bulb from one of the other slots and put it in there that is what i would do before going off and chasing a potential mythical wire short as to your brake noise i would not say that is abs related. if it is just that brake i would pull both your rear tires off and look at the pads on both sides if one side is worn more then the other then odds are that the caliper is sticking keep updates comeing i am watching this post now

 

^^thanks! but yea for some reason i feel like my rear pass. brake stuck cus i noticed when the car first start moving it makes a squeaky sound and feel like it stucks on something from the rear pass. side. so u say thats not related to ABS? then what could it be? bad brake pads? but evrytime i hit the brake it still grab good tho. and yea i checked behind the cluster and only 1slot and 1bulb there its for the open/close door light i didnt see ABS or SRS slots. weird? ill try to take some pics later on.

 

there is suppose to be ABS light. To find out more about the rear wheel that you think is sticking just jack that corner of the car up and with the parking brake released spin the wheel by hand and see what you get. The wheel should spin freely.

 

^^yea ill def try that tmr. but u think the Ebrake has anything to do with it?

 

about ABS light i checked the back of the cluster and didnt see any slot for ABS light only open/close door light.

 

thiss when i first turn on the key no ABS light

and thiss behind the cluster... the one i circuled its a close/open door bulb no other bulbs there no slots.

 

that must be an rs cluster then if there is no contacts even for the abs

 

not likely on the ebrake

 

car is a gsr but idont know i cant tell the cluster is from rs, ls or gsr? how? its so weird tho that theres only 1 slot and 1bulb there. and i couldnt find the srs bulb either.

 

adding another pic not mine found it online but it looks exactly like the back my cluster its a 98 gsr.
so anyone with a 98 gsr has this type of probem? having their abs light work? i circled it in red u can tell theres only 1bulb there no slot for abs or srs but srs light tend to work.

 

to get to the srs bulb u have to pull out the yellow plug do you have a picture of your rpm gauge i have an ls it came with abs so my cluster is ment to have the bulb where as an rs did not come with abs therefore they would not need the bulb did you purchase the car used

 

my bro has a ls too i checked it has abs srs bulbs there. but mine dont and i just noticed my oil light dont work either and the bulb is good. yea, i bought the car used and im sure its a gsr cluster well correct me if im worng.
again thiss not my picture but thiss what my cluster looks like

 

def gsr cluster then why you have no abs bulb is beyond me but to get to the srs bulb you have to pull the screw out that holds the yellow plug in on the back it sounds like you have some major electrical issues ones that are beyond my ability from here anyhow if you where near by i could figure it out np but as i am sry i am not of any more help with the bulbs i apologize for not being able to help more

 

no problem bro! yea, idont know what to do now too lol. hopefully theres someone out there that own a 98 gsr could tell me if they get the abs light in there cluster or not and is there a bulb behind the cluster.

 

Ok under your hood to the left of the engine behind the passenger headlight is there a bunch of lines and a thing that says ABS on it? Then you have ABS, if you have an empty space you do NOT have ABS. If you have ABS then you should have the bulb in your cluster. If their is a screeching sound coming from one of your brakes it could be your pad is worn out, by checking both pads you can determine wether the caliper is seized or not. If one of the pads is worn out and the other is not then your caliper is bad.

 

jacked the car up this morning with no Ebrake, the rear pass. side brake locked i couldnt spin it. the rear driver side is fine. and the front driver side it spin but seemed harder than the front pass. side. i have no idea how to fix this. need help guys!!!

 

yes, thers an ABS unit there with whole bunch of brake lines i even checked the fuses seemed good. but now i dont really care bout ABS light. i just want to get my brakes fixed.

 

ANYONE..??

 

first thing to check is that the caliper pins are not seized up due to corrosion or lack of lubrication, you'll have to remove the two caliper mounting bolts and check that the pins do move in and out. If they are stuck you may have to use some pliers to get them out and clean them up with a wire brush. Try to clean the holes where they go into as well, when you get them all cleaned up grease them up and put them back in and make sure the boots are in good condition. If it's not the pins then your caliper is probably seized up and you could either rebuild it yourself or just buy one that's already been rebuilt.

edit: make sure that the parking brake cable isn't tensioned as well, if the cable is stuck then it could also cause your brake caliper to not release.

 

how do i check that the parking brake cable is bad? and is this problem has anything to do with ABS? ill try to check on that caliper pins

 

you just want to be sure that the parking brake cable is not pulling on the lever on the rear caliper when the parking brake is not engaged. If the parking brake cable is pulling on the lever with the parking brake not engaged the cable may have frozen up somewhere along its path (if you live where corrosion and rust are a problem).