ABS Lights

ABS lights come on because any fault triggers the light to activate. It's one of the most common trailer faults.

 

Most weigh stations seem to be closed at night. ABS light is typically on the driver side, most scale buildings are on the passenger side. The odds of getting pulled in for an ABS light are pretty slim. If you get an inspection, I think it might be worse to have the wires cut than to have a functioning system with a light on.

Yellow ABS light of trailer stays on

One of the people in the thread got a violation for a missing or malfunctioning ABS light, with the officer listing the reason being that the light stayed on. The driver ended up challenging it and the violation was removed.

 

Is it an an old Great Dane poly trailer?
Previous 50 drivers too lazy to report it no doubt.

It's usually the pigtail, socket, wire near the tandems needs to be traced or wheel removed and sensor on/near hub needs to be fiddled with.

 

I have to wonder what kind of clowns in a shop would advise to cut the wires to the ABS light? Lol

 

Montana is looking specifically for non functioning abs lights, after a driver told the scale officer my shop told me to cut the wire. Easy money.

 

It’s actually a higher violation to not have the light working then the abs fault …

all good until you find out it’s the computer causing it and it locks the brakes up on the highway…..

 

Paper clip

 

Everything's great until it's not. If somebody slams up under your trailer and dies, through no fault of yours even, any little paperwork or equipment issue that's not exactly in order is suddenly a problem. It's doubtful you could find any shop personnel with a brain that would sign off on paperwork that said to a driver "cut the ABS light wire and drive" or if you told them your conversation was being recorded they most certainly wouldn't recommend that either. I've seen ABS lights come on then go off as soon as I pulled out of the parking spot. Seen them go off after messing around with wires and sockets underneath a trailer too. But one that doesn't go out is a problem and cutting the wire to the light ain't a solution.