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This time, it's abs and brake lights, and hard pedal, as well as occasionally just the brake light and hard pedal.
If it happens while I'm driving, it takes several uses of the brakes to get the 'hard pedal' (as the accumulator still has some pressure?), and sometimes the brake light will illuminate and then just randomly go back out. Likewise, sometimes I'll get one or both lights and the hard pedal, and then they'll go out and the brakes return. Sometimes. Sometimes the lights stay on and the brakes stay hard. The abs light does not always come on, but the brake light and hard pedal are consistent symptoms. Also, the abs light doesn't always come on with the initial 'key on' system check. Just sometimes. If it wiggle or remove and reinsert the ignition switch, the problem usually subsides for a time.
I checked the fuses again, just to make sure, and they're all good. However, when I was putting the cover back on the fuse box in the driver footwell, I bumped the big wad of wires coming from the ignition switch, and the chime turned on momentarily. The door was open, but the keys weren't in the ignition. I haven't done anything with the 'key in door chime' wire that was hanging loose.
Just moments ago, after fiddling with ignition switch, which is brand new, I turned the car on, the system tested, the lights went out, and I had a nice brake. Then I shut it off, depressurized the system, and tried again, without touching anything. Lights stayed on and pedal was hard.
Am I wrong in believing that the underlying issue is electrical, in some way? Are there any other connectors between the ignition switch and the abs module that might be loose?
This time, it's abs and brake lights, and hard pedal, as well as occasionally just the brake light and hard pedal.
If it happens while I'm driving, it takes several uses of the brakes to get the 'hard pedal' (as the accumulator still has some pressure?), and sometimes the brake light will illuminate and then just randomly go back out. Likewise, sometimes I'll get one or both lights and the hard pedal, and then they'll go out and the brakes return. Sometimes. Sometimes the lights stay on and the brakes stay hard. The abs light does not always come on, but the brake light and hard pedal are consistent symptoms. Also, the abs light doesn't always come on with the initial 'key on' system check. Just sometimes. If it wiggle or remove and reinsert the ignition switch, the problem usually subsides for a time.
I checked the fuses again, just to make sure, and they're all good. However, when I was putting the cover back on the fuse box in the driver footwell, I bumped the big wad of wires coming from the ignition switch, and the chime turned on momentarily. The door was open, but the keys weren't in the ignition. I haven't done anything with the 'key in door chime' wire that was hanging loose.
Just moments ago, after fiddling with ignition switch, which is brand new, I turned the car on, the system tested, the lights went out, and I had a nice brake. Then I shut it off, depressurized the system, and tried again, without touching anything. Lights stayed on and pedal was hard.
Am I wrong in believing that the underlying issue is electrical, in some way? Are there any other connectors between the ignition switch and the abs module that might be loose?
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