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traction control is norml the warning triangle. Traction Control Systems use wheel speed sensors to detect whether there is any slippage occuring between the tire and the road. When these wheel speed sensors get dirty or damaged they can stop working; this prohibits the traction control module from knowing when to enable the system.
clean the sensors and the cogs on all wheels. sometimes can be this.
if dont work check the wiring on the connection it could be loose or corroded ie giving a bad signal.
uselly if the signal is out of range the abs light will also be on as its out of its safe range.
while driving if the speedo jumps there is a bad connection this can be in a number off items that rely on a speed signal. it can also take around 10 to 20 starts and stops of the engine to remove code when the system is fixed. only code reader can check if the code is active or not. and be reset but if its fixed abs will not light up. as abs relies on the signal at all times even when one signal is down it tries to compensate. eather the front or rear wheels.
Check the speed sensors on the bearing hubs you replaced. Did you damage the wire harness when you changed out the hubs. Did you reset the abs system. You got some work to do & if you don't have the equipment to do it, bring it to a mechanic who does. This may lead you back to the dealer, sorry. Several abs systems are specific to a dealer.
2008 Escape has a terrible reputation for ABS light and traction control light being. All due to broken ABS tone ring cracked and out of position flopping on frt bearing. Go to local AutoZone store and they
will scan this to find which wheel has the broken tone ring. The replacement ring is cheap in the $7 range. It is labor that will sicken you as this ring must be pressed on after the front half shaft is removed. Not a driveway job if you are considering DYI.
If the ABS light goes out, and stays off you do not have an ABS issue-it is doing a self-check for that second. As for the noisy tire, you could try moving it to a different location to see if the sound moves-if so, you need a tire, if not, check your wheel bearings at that wheel.
if the abs light came on then you have a bearing problem if the wheels not turning then its bad there are so many thing that go wrong its hard to tell with out the car here to look at
That sounds strange about the power windows and the blower motor not working when the ABS light comes on. I happen to have a 99 Chevy blazer and I had the ABS light come on several times. There are ABS sensors on the two front wheel bearing hubs. If you take off the front wheels you will be able to see a black electrical cable that has 2 wires inside of it. This cable is coming directly from the ABS sensor on the wheel hub and is strapped to a bracket the is on the upper ball joint. From the hub it then goes to a plug connector that is under the protective flap that you lift to change your spark plugs. What I found that is a common problem is that wire tends to corrode or doesn't have enough slack in it when making turns and starts to pull and break. Examine that cable and if you see any breaks in it, that will cause the ABS light to come on. Also if you can get to the plug underneath the flap, unplug it and use a multimeter to see if you are getting any resistance on the two wires. If you aren't getting any resistance then your sensor is bad or you have a broken wire to the sensor. On my vehicle the ABS light kept on coming goin on and off intermitently and I found that wire from the sensor to the plug had a break in it. I stripped the wires back, spliced them together, soldered them and I used heat shrink tubing to cover the connections. The ABS light went out and it has been fine ever since. Hopefully this will solve your problem as well.
sorry to tell you this but it sounds like the wheel bearing was put in backwards on one or both sides. the front wheel bearings have a black speed ring built in and that is what your speed sensor reads off. - this is common as the front bearings will install either way- hope this helps
It won't make any difference, seeing that the car is older and you don't have the ABS functionable it won't change anything. You already have the ABS light on so nothing new will happen.
Regards
Sam
You can do it yourself just take your time:
To change front wheel bearing.
1. Jack car up support with jack stands
2. take tire off
3. take caliper and brakes off
4. take rotor off
5. unbolt axle shaft nut at bearing hub
6. use a 3 lb slug with a block of wood
7. place wood on axle shaft and knock it in
8. back side 3 10mm bolts unbolt
9. front side have to pry off bearing hub Assembly only beacuse has dirt in knuckle hole.
10. clean hub knuckle and reinstall.
Its really not that hard or you could have them done for $900 and up. (I have changed alot of wheel bearing assemblies )Whats your e-mail I can send you a diagram if you want.
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