2005 mountaineer binding when turning

[buck0123]

2005 mountaineer 93,477 miles, binding when turning then message center tells me all wheel drive is disabled. advanced trac light and abs light are on. I did replace one wheel bearing about 4 months ago. Anyone else had this problem or any ideas what it could be?

 

[waskly]

my best guess is you need abs sensor, most likely the pumpkin or the new hub has a bad / faulty sensor.

shouldnt affect steering tho the 3.

 

[buck0123]

front or rear pumpkin sensor? Any way to test them? It will bind up when you make a sharp turn then the front end will jump and make a bang nosie then the awd will go into auto lock then it will go into disabled mode.

 

[buck0123]

Is there anyway to tell what abs sensor is bad. I think I figured out my problem, abs pump is applying brake pressure to one of the front wheels and that is where the binding and banging noise is comming from. So i pulled the fuse for the abs pump and now there is no binding and the awd goes right to disabled mode. Now I just have to figure out what sensor it is. How can I tell what sensor is bad?
Thanks,
Bill

 

[waskly]

you need a scanner capable of doing chasis codes.