Octavia 2004 1.9TDI

Started the engine this morning and the ABS & Traction Control light remain on after the first few seconds unlike normal they will go off, I have checked the and it states ref to dealer before i do and have to go the expense is there any tip or advice anyone can offer me

i'm hoping it is something simple that i can check and rectify myself.

Thank you in advance for your help guys

Have you done any checks yet,

in the area of the Discs, hubs, checked the brake pads and any wiring, brake fluid level.?

If you do your own maintenance then do your visual inspections untill someone that knows comes along

If you do not know anything about your car, then get a professional to check or at least to advise.

Dont mess about with the ABS or brakes if you dont know anything about it.

george

Car needs to be scanned with VAGCOM/VCDS

Do brakes still function ?

Hi sk4gw

I have checked the brake fluid level and seems ok however I will have a closer look in good light.

Hi Snow Muncher

Yes the brakes do still function i have not pressed them hard and not sued the car for work this morning as was sure.

but yes they do still operate

As said it need scanning to see what the fault it.

Throttle body or is it Maf? One of the 2 causes the traction control light to come on.

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Does your car have ESP ? If a yaw or accel sensor fails this will put on both the above lights (as they are currently on mine).

Hi Nitrovrs

Yes it does have ESP.

have you done anything to try and rectify it yet?

Errrm, yes... but unfortunately it won't help you as i fitted an r32 quick rack which effectively deletes ESP and have a manual controller for the rear diff (mines 4x4).

When i did look into fixing it though before my conversion i would have had to change a sensor in the control column according to what i read up.

Hope that helps.

My ABS Sensor on my old Passat pinged those same warning lights on

My VRS did this i cleaned the throttle body and new gasket within a day they turned off also my battery was on its way out which attributed to the problem

Both the ESP and ABS lights have come on in my Octy 4x4. But they are intermittant, could drive 10 miles and they'll not illuminate or within the first minute of driving they'll come on and stay on... I stamped on this morning to see if the ABS was working with the lights illuminated, this just left me with a nice set of skid marks down the field. I have been told that the ABS pumps are quite prone to failing (not sure how true this is) or is it more likely to be something else like the Yaw sensor or Throttle body?

Both the ESP and ABS lights have come on in my Octy 4x4. But they are intermittant, could drive 10 miles and they'll not illuminate or within the first minute of driving they'll come on and stay on... I stamped on this morning to see if the ABS was working with the lights illuminated, this just left me with a nice set of skid marks down the field. I have been told that the ABS pumps are quite prone to failing (not sure how true this is) or is it more likely to be something else like the Yaw sensor or Throttle body?

As above, get someone to put VCDS on it. The most likely failure is a wheel sensor, but there are 4 of them. Then there are failure modes in the pump and ECU as well.

I've had the same problem on my vrs, it was one of the rear abs sensor about half of the sensor was missing due to the original abs sensor ring. link http://www.directcarparts.co.uk/product/1638/abs43w70m/abs-ring---seatskodavw.html

reason is that the abs ring expands