you know when you first start the car it does something with the ABS (makes a noise, and i used to think it was some sort of diagnostic), but anyway why would it do it randomly when i'm driving and then the ABS light comes on
any ideas?
thanks

 

That sounds somewhat familiar, you might check into a search on warped rotors, and I think the 97 has issues with the abs control unit.

 

when that happened to me it was my abs modulator. the dealer installed a new one for me and it was under my extended warranty which by the way is not useless because it went bankrupt but that's ok i got 3 transmissions out of them before they went

 

Everytime i start my car i hear a "mooooooooo" noise for like 2 seconds?!

 

that's normal -- mine now does it when i'm driving, and sometimes the ABS light comes on when it's done moaning.

 

it is the abs pump or modulator. Take it to the dealer and I hope you have a warranty. Muine was very expensive to fix.

 

Its a very good chance that you suffer from the same problem a lot of cl owners have faced: bad ABS module. something in it goes bad and causes the pump(which is the mooing cow sound heard when the car starts up) to overrun. Once this happens, the system is disables and the ABS light will illuminate. If you want to find out what the exact problem is, use the instructions on niedejb's site for further help.

look here too

 

i had the same thing, modulator... yah I hope you have the warranty still or its gunna be like 450-500 bux :P good luck

-shawn

 

try about $1000

 

try refilling the abs resevoir. on the passenger side near the front of the car, there is a resevoir for your abs system, it has a rubber cap covering a plastic cap that you pull out, anyway add brake fluid here before you spend any money for a mechanic.

 

cool
thanks guys for your help -- waranty - been there done that - no extended and i'm at 120K
and no!!!!! did someone say the D word? 1000.00?
oh boy i better start pumping my brakes again when it rains (ghetto abs )

 

at what time did this start happening to u all?? I mean does the ABS modulator thingy tend to go out at around the same time?? (say close to when u hit like 80,000 miles) or, doesd it just go out at random?? My 97 3.0 is at 96K and i DONT have 1G to pay for that...i hope mine dosnt deside to go out on me!

 

My shit just started last week only every now and then the mooing -but no abs light - it just started doing it more and more and then the light would come on
now as soon as i start the car and it goes through it's intial mooing (but much longer now) it stops and then the abs light )-:
i'm at 119,000 miles
i don't have a 1000 either - it's gonna be ghetto abs unless discotigre's idea works

 

I've got 80K and it's been going on for a while now. I topped off the reservoir and it went away, but came back a month later. Checked the level again and it looked fine. $1000. I will never pay that. I think I actually like the mooing noise - very soothing.

 

WOW
i filled up the abs module and the problem stayed, but the next day i opened the brake fluid resovoir to check level. when i do this LOUD ass hissing happens (releasing some pressure from somewhere), and viola no abs problem anymore
just like normal operation
thanks guys
i can't imagine how much money i have saved b/c of this site: then again after being here for like 2 years i have spent a shit load too. much more than saved but oh well
thanks again!!!!

 

Sup man,
choice i was just gonna say check your brake fluid level....cause i had a same problem and i had leaking caliper as it turned out.

 

YOOOO,
was up Alec? long time man. how you been? how's the ride?

 

Sup sup,
check your PM bro !