Jeep Compass / Patriot ABS Problem - NEW Does Not Mean GOOD
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Date: 2020-08-05
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Marg
ABS Light, 4WD light, and Traction Control Light always on so accidentally fixed it myself. Jeep Compass 2012 battery finally died last month so a lot of warning lights went on at that time. Changed battery and replaced battery clamps (one clamp falling apart -live across street from the ocean) but 3 lights listed above would not go off. Mechanic quickly used electronic gadget at no charge to try to cancel lights and said to come back if any lights came on again. Not all lights cancelled so drove for 1 month with those lights still on when yesterday morning I had a mini temper tantrum while seated with car on and only pressed hand brake button quickly three times while hand brake is in lowered position and warning lights finally went off! They are still off. I had previously tried pulling hand brake up tightly and lowering since lights were to do with brakes a bit, but that didn't change anything. My next step was going to be to search online for something to try but accidentally solved it myself first. Check your manual or online for other light fixes - like resetting oil change light after it's done. Once a mechanic didn't cancel warning light to change oil and I found combination in manual of how to cancel that myself -- so know a lot has to do with repeating a step 3 times. Yes - sensors are good when they work.
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ABS Light, 4WD light, and Traction Control Light always on so accidentally fixed it myself. Jeep Compass 2012 battery finally died last month so a lot of warning lights went on at that time. Changed battery and replaced battery clamps (one clamp falling apart -live across street from the ocean) but 3 lights listed above would not go off. Mechanic quickly used electronic gadget at no charge to try to cancel lights and said to come back if any lights came on again. Not all lights cancelled so drove for 1 month with those lights still on when yesterday morning I had a mini temper tantrum while seated with car on and only pressed hand brake button quickly three times while hand brake is in lowered position and warning lights finally went off! They are still off. I had previously tried pulling hand brake up tightly and lowering since lights were to do with brakes a bit, but that didn't change anything. My next step was going to be to search online for something to try but accidentally solved it myself first. Check your manual or online for other light fixes - like resetting oil change light after it's done. Once a mechanic didn't cancel warning light to change oil and I found combination in manual of how to cancel that myself -- so know a lot has to do with repeating a step 3 times. Yes - sensors are good when they work.
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autos
I had a 2008 Jeep Patriot which is a Compass with a squared off body style. Yup. New sensors, bearings, tie rod ends, upper and lower control arms (front and rear, body bushings, rear shocks (after only 3 years. factories leaked. Engine and transmission never had an issue (except the spark plugs at 72k. Let's see. oh, wires rubbed through at about 60k go to the rear wheel sensors and lost all the fancy safety stuff on a 6 hour drive back with the family. No ABS, no SRS (yes, you read right. turned off the air bags, no 4WD, and transmission would not go into full overdrive (CVT transaxle. All for a rubbed through wire. Surprised to me the dealer patched the wire rather than demanding replacement of the whole harness. He ran a two new wires and shored up the point where the rub occurred. Now I have a RAM and Durango. What was I thinking?
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I had a 2008 Jeep Patriot which is a Compass with a squared off body style. Yup. New sensors, bearings, tie rod ends, upper and lower control arms (front and rear, body bushings, rear shocks (after only 3 years. factories leaked. Engine and transmission never had an issue (except the spark plugs at 72k. Let's see. oh, wires rubbed through at about 60k go to the rear wheel sensors and lost all the fancy safety stuff on a 6 hour drive back with the family. No ABS, no SRS (yes, you read right. turned off the air bags, no 4WD, and transmission would not go into full overdrive (CVT transaxle. All for a rubbed through wire. Surprised to me the dealer patched the wire rather than demanding replacement of the whole harness. He ran a two new wires and shored up the point where the rub occurred. Now I have a RAM and Durango. What was I thinking?
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jmccoy85
Awesome video eric! I recently had a 2012 jeep wrangler with a wss circuit fault code pro demand identifix and my snapon solus ultra said i should see a square wave from. 8 v 1. 6v on the signal wire. wrong! I did some more digging and research and checked our component test feature in our snap on triton scanner and it stated that the abs module is looking at small voltage and amperage changes and then it started to make sense to me. I SWEAR half of my battle doing diagnostics is having correct service info and accurate description and operation info
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Awesome video eric! I recently had a 2012 jeep wrangler with a wss circuit fault code pro demand identifix and my snapon solus ultra said i should see a square wave from. 8 v 1. 6v on the signal wire. wrong! I did some more digging and research and checked our component test feature in our snap on triton scanner and it stated that the abs module is looking at small voltage and amperage changes and then it started to make sense to me. I SWEAR half of my battle doing diagnostics is having correct service info and accurate description and operation info
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John
Eric, I am older than you. I have been working on vehicles for well over 30 years. All side work. Mainly brakes, exhaust, and I have done motors as well. But watching your videos has inspired me. I have taken things I have learned from videos and am using them in my repairs. I really like the diagnosing part. I have scanners. I have even purchased an oscilloscope so I can pin point the issues in those stubborn wheel bearings. Thank you.
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Eric, I am older than you. I have been working on vehicles for well over 30 years. All side work. Mainly brakes, exhaust, and I have done motors as well. But watching your videos has inspired me. I have taken things I have learned from videos and am using them in my repairs. I really like the diagnosing part. I have scanners. I have even purchased an oscilloscope so I can pin point the issues in those stubborn wheel bearings. Thank you.
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Steven
Well, if the parts used were not probably made in china they might be good but most chinese parts fail in a short time. Junk cheap chinese parts. Also, thank you for the information about location of the rear sensor plug ins, my kid inherited a heep compas from hell from her mom and it has been one repair after another including a whole new engine cradle, old one rotted out so bad you could literally poke you're finger through it.
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Well, if the parts used were not probably made in china they might be good but most chinese parts fail in a short time. Junk cheap chinese parts. Also, thank you for the information about location of the rear sensor plug ins, my kid inherited a heep compas from hell from her mom and it has been one repair after another including a whole new engine cradle, old one rotted out so bad you could literally poke you're finger through it.
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John
Just use the damn OEM bearings. You'll get poor odds of using an after-market bearing on one side and getting the ABS system to function properly. This is a critical safety system and your life is much more important than saving a few bucks on a wheel bearing. You are, by far, the most expensive thing to repair if there is an accident. I am totally against after-market parts for critical safety systems; won't use them.
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Just use the damn OEM bearings. You'll get poor odds of using an after-market bearing on one side and getting the ABS system to function properly. This is a critical safety system and your life is much more important than saving a few bucks on a wheel bearing. You are, by far, the most expensive thing to repair if there is an accident. I am totally against after-market parts for critical safety systems; won't use them.
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Christian
Well, I have a 2007 Jeep Compass (same color, similar problem. I am not going to buy a computerized oscilloscope (more expensive than the vehicle is worth. So, looking at the length of your video, I am guessing it will take the stealership an hour to figure out what's wrong, then 500 to fix it. My Compass may be trash.
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Well, I have a 2007 Jeep Compass (same color, similar problem. I am not going to buy a computerized oscilloscope (more expensive than the vehicle is worth. So, looking at the length of your video, I am guessing it will take the stealership an hour to figure out what's wrong, then 500 to fix it. My Compass may be trash.
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tinkerwest
Judging from the Made in China descriptions on just about every aftermarket replacement part I see, it's becoming more prevalent and unfortunately, it appears we can expect more NEW but NG parts coming along. I'm seeing even dealer parts packages/labels marked made in China. sheesh.
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Judging from the Made in China descriptions on just about every aftermarket replacement part I see, it's becoming more prevalent and unfortunately, it appears we can expect more NEW but NG parts coming along. I'm seeing even dealer parts packages/labels marked made in China. sheesh.
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sultanmehmood99
hello sir,
i have a problem caprice 2016 v8 the code is present p0201 cylinder 1 injector control circuit p0202 injector 2 and p0315
start the engine pulse of injector 1 and 2 cut off after 40 seconds and after one minute come back for 30 to 40 seconds
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hello sir,
i have a problem caprice 2016 v8 the code is present p0201 cylinder 1 injector control circuit p0202 injector 2 and p0315
start the engine pulse of injector 1 and 2 cut off after 40 seconds and after one minute come back for 30 to 40 seconds
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george
Looks like you had TWO problems, a glitch on the tone wheel that gave you that anomalous pulse, and a loose sensor, which really messed up the speed reading when you went over a bump. Too bad you didn't try banging on the suspension while plotting the computed speed.
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Looks like you had TWO problems, a glitch on the tone wheel that gave you that anomalous pulse, and a loose sensor, which really messed up the speed reading when you went over a bump. Too bad you didn't try banging on the suspension while plotting the computed speed.
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