Dear Briskodians,

 

I have a 2002 1.4 Fabia Elegance and my Engine Management light has been on for a while. Showed it to an independent garage and they said it was down to faulty sensor and I ignored it.

 

About a week ago, ABS warning light went off and it would go away despite multiple erases using my ODB2 VAG port scanner. The fault codes are - 00526 and 00301.

 

And yesterday, to my surprise EPC warning light also went off. I have read some horror stories like power being cut off, etc., Nothing like that happened with mine, but my Cruise control wouldn't work anymore :-(. Can someone tell me if this is a serious issue or not?

 

Kind regards,

Naga

Wheel speed sensor failure.

 

Edit: Brake light switch failure.

Edited 28 August, 201411 yr by sepulchrave

Thanks for your response. Yes, I have a fused brake light and shows up on the dashboard too, but I have ignored it for a while now.

Do you really think EPC and ABS warnings are a resultant of that??

Many thanks,

Naga

Yes. Call me old-fashioned but I always try and fix faults before they snowball. Changing the brake light switch is such an easy job.

Thank you very much, bought 2 new brake lights from ECP for 60p and replaced my fused bulbs. Brake light warning disappeared from the dashboard, but EPC was still on. So, I erased it with the ODB2 tool and after a restart, it hasn't come back. Cruise control is working as normal. 

 

However, the ABS warnings still persist. Do you think it is a different all together? Thanks again for your advice.

 

Information from this post also helped - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/184142-top-brake-light-works-side-dont-vag-error-16955/

 

Kind regards,

Naga

ABS light is often just a broken/blown fuse. See here.

I think you are right! Opened the over the battery fuse box and it looks like Fuse 6 is broken. Hopefully the warning light goes away after replacing it. Fuse4 looks like a spare 40A one, will try and use it. Picture attached for other Briskodians.

 

These posts also helped - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/119972-00301-abs-return-flow-pump-v39/

 

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/00301

 

Will give an update after replacing it.

 

Thanks again.

Pic attached - https://www.flickr.com/photos/21366197@N00/14887278000/

I already had my power steering light on and now I have EPC light as well.