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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 07:19 AM
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I have the ABS light and blinking Brake light on my wife's Avant (98 2.8Q Auto). When I VAG it I get a message starting LR sensor Short to Ground or +B. I want to verify that it is a bad sensor and not the abs module. Where do the sensors plug in? I'm planning to swap the left and right sensor plugs to see if the error follows it.
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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 07:53 AM
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Default Bad sensor.

Plugs in under the rear seat. Pull it out of the hub and take a look; mine was visibly damaged.

If it bad, you can buy one from the dealer ($200), buy a used one ($50), or find one from an older 90 that fits (cheap and plentiful- $5 in my case) and cut and split the plug.
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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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Default An older 90 you say....

Any part number I could search for?
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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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93-95 gets it done, I think. You need to match it up. If it looks the same, it's good.
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Default Followup for the archive. This worked very well.

I had to cut the plug off the bad sensor and wire it up to the c90 sensor. Was a 20 min job. I got 2 sensors for $20 shipped on ebay.
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