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Wheel speed sensor shorting out

Old Jan 3, 2020 | 08:59 PM
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Default Wheel speed sensor shorting out

I just had my front right wheel speed sensor replaced for the second time this morning and the same abs, traction control light came on the same evening. What can be causing this sensor to be shorting out?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2020 | 09:30 PM
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The wiring to the sensor is shorting, not necessarily the sensor itself.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2020 | 10:13 PM
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Welcome to the forum!

What testing was done to determine the sensor is shorting out? Shorting is pretty easy to measure. An intermittent open circuit on the other hand would be more difficult to identify, and from my experience, opens in ABS wiring are more common than shorts.

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