Skoda Superb 2012 - Change ABS Sensor (on any car)

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Skoda Superb 2012 1.8TSI MT - Change ABS Sensor (on immoderate VAG/AUDI/any car) myself and SAVED 6000/- bucks

So past period connected my Moradabad roadworthy travel I got this connected the dashboard and a full batch of mistake lights flashed up (as visible) -

While the car was driving perfectly normally, I feared it had thing to bash with the ABS sensors, which btw is simply a precise communal contented with VAG cars. So I drove down to my sparsely maintained Skoda store astatine Meerut, Brite Skoda (they were operating the store lone 1 time successful a week owed to immoderate logistics issue) and got the car scanned. The FRONT LEFT ABS sensor was recovered to beryllium the culprit contented successful the scan. As they didn't person the portion successful their stock, they told maine to travel adjacent week for replacement and quoted maine a princely sum of Rs. 7~7500 bucks for the occupation (5200/- for the portion and remainder labour). I contacted a section parts trader and helium said helium could put a EU manufactured OE portion astatine conscionable 1200 bucks (I could person got it for astir 900 bucks from Delhi). So I ordered the part, which arrived adjacent day, and decided to tackle the occupation myself aft seeing immoderate YouTube videos.

This video was adjuvant -

The car was jacked up to region the beforehand near instrumentality -

And decently 'double secured' earlier proceeding -

The occupation was imaginable adjacent successful the constrictive workplace I had -

Here's a presumption of the culprit ABS sensor secured by conscionable a T30 bolt -

I couldn't detach the apical connector arsenic it was excessively tightly attached. So I decided to region the T30 screw straight with the connector attached and tackle the removal of the connector with the ABS sensor dislodged (which worked retired much convenient). Here's the ABS sensor. When I removed it, it besides had a agelong enactment a particulate astatine the extremity (not disposable successful the photograph arsenic I had cleaned it by then) which successful information could beryllium contributing to the magnetic sensor not relaying the accusation correctly and the sensor mightiness conscionable beryllium moving perfectly -

There was besides a batch of gung successful the enclosure wherever the sensor is placed which I cleaned retired aboriginal with Brake Cleaner (which is fundamentally conscionable compressed IPA) -

A person look astatine the present cleaned ABS sensor -

And the connector pins wrong -

The removed connector. Also announcement the present cleaned ABS sensor slot -

A person look astatine the locking tab connected the connector and the absorption it needs to beryllium moved to beryllium unlocked -

The caller 'Made successful Romania' OE replacement portion -

The aged and caller parts together. Exact aforesaid portion # was embossed connected some -

I besides checked and confirmed that the connector was receiving the 12V existent by switching the ignition connected truthful arsenic to regularisation retired immoderate wiring issues -

11.6V being received with the ignition successful connected presumption and car disconnected -

Also came retired my useful anti-seize lubricant and Di-electric grease -

The anti-seize was applied connected conscionable the grooved portion of the abs sensor portion avoiding the extremity arsenic stated successful Skoda's store manual -

And the Di-electric grease was smeared successful precise small quantity connected the connector's interaction points -

I did not person the clip to trial the aged sensor aft cleaning (I americium 90% definite that it volition enactment perfectly aft cleaning) and conscionable went up with replacing this 1200 bucks portion with the caller 1 -

Secured the T30 seed backmost successful spot and tightened precise somewhat (OE recommended Torque is conscionable 9nm) -

And re-attached the connector, proceeding a click, backmost successful place. Job completed (after re-attaching the tyre) -

On 1st commencement aft the job, the mistake and the informing lights inactive appeared connected the dash, but they went disconnected aft driving conscionable 10 meters. All informing lights and mistake messages disconnected and things backmost to mean -

A bully redeeming of 6000 bucks for a 30 minutes job.

Cheers...

Last edited by dkaile : 21st November 2024 astatine 14:27.