rear abs brake light stays on. what do i do?

[viane]

the rear abs brake light stays on constantly. the brakes dont lock up or anything, they work as they should. i have a 92 explorer sport. anyone know whats wrong or what i can do? thanks

 

[westcovinajoe]

This is a super common problem. I have had this.

If you want, take it to a shop that does free estimates and have them tell you the cost, probably around $500 for a new RABS valve or other part related to the anti-lock brakes. If you have no leaks and brakes work, like mine, it seems fine to me.

If you want to have it perfect though, get it replaced I guess. If you search around there are plenty of threads here on how to do this yourself if you want.

Good luck!

Joe.

 

[Noved87]

put a black piece of tape over it and forget about it like i did

 

[Gatorblazer]

you might find that it works better on a trail without the abs...

 

[marragtop]

Try cleaning the ABS sensor located on top of the rear axle.

 

[viane]

how do i clean it? do i take it off?

 

[unpredictable1]

"rear" abs light? wtf?

 

[vrytired]

"rear" abs light? wtf?

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[unpredictable1]

I only have an ABS light on my dash, not sure how that is a Rear ABS light unless both my 93 Explorers were missing a rear ABS light....

 

[viane]

mine is a stick shift . im not sure if that has anything to do with it. im not to familiar with ford. i really dont like them but i got the explorer for free. so im gonna keep it. i just wanna know basically what is casuing the light to go off and if it was something that needed to be fixed.

 

[viane]

the light says rear antilock

 

[snoborder42]

91 and 92 Ex's have rear abs only. 93 and later have 4 wheel abs. Therefore explaining why it says rear abs and not abs.