An ABS warning light means the anti-lock system has switched itself off — your normal brakes still work, but ABS won't engage in an emergency stop. Most causes are cheap (wheel-speed sensor, broken wiring loom at the strut), some are expensive (ABS pump). Diagnosis takes 30 minutes.
Don't ignore it — an ABS light at MOT time is an automatic fail. And without ABS your stopping distance on a wet road can double if you have to brake hard. Drova reads ABS-specific fault codes on site and quotes the fix before any work.
Common across Lincolnshire on cars with a few winters under them — road salt corrodes wheel-speed sensor connectors and seizes the reluctor rings.
Diagnostic — £69 · Wheel-speed sensor from £95 fitted. £69 diagnostic comes off the repair if you go ahead the same day. Most ABS faults are completed in the same visit. Pump replacement quoted separately.
Yes — your normal brakes still work. But ABS won't engage if you have to brake hard, your stopping distance on wet/icy roads will double, and it's an automatic MOT fail. Book it in soon.
They share the wheel-speed signals. One bad sensor often lights up all three. Reading the ABS codes pinpoints which wheel — usually a £95-£140 fix.
Usually no — it's a wheel-speed sensor sending a wrong reading. ABS thinks one wheel is locking when it isn't and activates needlessly. Driveway diagnostic in 30 minutes.
Yes — automatic fail. Best to fix before booking the test.
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Drova is your local mobile mechanic for cars, vans, fleets, farms, holiday parks and estates across Lincolnshire. Servicing, brakes, batteries, MOT prep, diagnostics and digital care records — at your home, workplace or site, 8am–8pm, 7 days a week.
Drova is a fully insured mobile mechanic and asset care service covering all of Lincolnshire — including Lincoln, Sleaford, Boston, Skegness, Grantham, Spalding, Horncastle, Louth, Mablethorpe and Coningsby. Our mobile workshops carry the parts and tools to complete most jobs in a single visit.
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