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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 10:18 PM
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two days ago , i brought home my newborn daughter from the hospital with "matilda" (98 VDP). so we are all set... my wife is in the room , we are all packed up , and i go to the carpark to fetch her. upon starting , she gives me a "abs / tracs / stability " warning all at once!!! ok , i pull to the front of the hospital and put the family inside (rear facing infant seat fits spectacularly by the way). we get home and settle in ... before long it annoys me enough to go out and poke about to see what is up. i unplugged the connector to the ABS unit and prayed with electical cleaner , then applied di-electric grease to the connection points. started her back up , and no messages.... i will just chalk it up to her being jealous of the new child !!!!
 

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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 10:45 PM
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two days ago , i brought home my newborn daughter from the hospital with "matilda" (98 VDP). so we are all set... my wife is in the room , we are all packed up , and i go to the carpark to fetch her. upon starting , she gives me a "abs / tracs / stability " warning all at once!!! ok , i pull to the front of the hospital and put the family inside (rear facing infant seat fits spectacularly by the way). we get home and settle in ... before long it annoys me enough to go out and poke about to see what is up. i unplugged the connector to the ABS unit and prayed with electical cleaner , then applied di-electric grease to the connection points. started her back up , and no messages.... i will just chalk it up to her being jealous of the new child !!!!

Your solder joint in the unit is starting to short. It will only get worse and worse. There is a fix thread which helped me fix mine. No problems since.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 10:57 PM
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thanks. cold you supply the link if possible?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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.....And CONGRATULATIONS!! (on having a new baby)
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 11:18 PM
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.....And CONGRATULATIONS!! (on having a new baby)
thanks "d"... no relation to the twisted sister singer huh?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2012 | 11:52 PM
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here you go and yeah, congrats!

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-repair-62539/
 
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 04:55 AM
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Hope you get the cat sorted.

Congrats on the baby!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 07:05 AM
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congrats on the new addition to your family!
Sorry to har your car's playing up but looks like a good reply from Adam there.....nice one Adam
Hope it helps
 
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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Congrats from me too.

3 most common things for this warning are as follows,
Weak battery
dirty wheel speed sensor
solder joints - ABS pump controller board (as Adam stated)
 
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Old Feb 25, 2012 | 09:39 AM
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Domer- no relation.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 10:34 AM
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I wouldn't panic yet. I get that message sometimes and it seems to be due to slightly low voltage or grounds and contacts. Could be jealousy too. Congrats !
 
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