ABS light on, any ideas where to start?
 

Pretty vague, I know, but at a first glance the fuse looks ok. Any common failures with these? On the trucks I have worked on in the past, it has been wheel speed sensors that fail most often, but I wanted to see if anybody had some input on the subject.

I had problems with the 3rd brake light and socket blowing the fuse for the brake lights, ABS and Cruise control on my 350D. Never did figure out what I did to fix it though, it just quit eating fuses.

Try cleaning the sensors at each of the wheels. Sometimes brake dust collecting on them can cause false lights.

a couple of choices
 

There are many causes for ABS issues from my experience... some simple things to look at:

- voltage, sometimes a failing charging system will trigger ABS alerts
- the wheel sensors can get dirty or the "teeth" in the back of the rotor can be filled with crud. Clean with brake cleaner or solvents.
- wires are worn, trace them down from the wheel sensor to the ABS computer
- the rest are more difficult debugging / testing problems that will require some info on the test processes for ABS computers, wiring, relays....perhaps the others can suggest alternate approaches.

The solution on my old car was a front left wire was worn through and causing shorts. Replaced and the issues went away.

Chuck

On the newer models a failing battery is by far the most common fault.

That worked to solve my problem. It was a PITA to pull one of the sensors.