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Thank you.

lol humor is used in the next forum!

Welp, that C1226 code reared it's ugly head back up from the grave. WTH!?!
Almost 6 months of no problems, and then it decides to say excessive wheel speed on the right front, whenever you go over a bump.

Ideas?

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Brando

Well, my sources tell me that I should check the wiring/connection...so that's what I'll probably end up doing.

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Brando

Weak rebound of the shock/strut would cause the wheel to be in the air, momentarily.

Norm

Norm, very good advice....the struts are still the originals....and were recommended by a mechanic to have replaced quite some time ago.

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Brando

if youre struts were that bad on a FWD car you would have horrible steering/suspension related problems all around, not just over bumps. when you replaced the hub bearing did you follow the Speed sensor around to the Body to the connector? make sure its seated firmly and then proceed with your trouble shooting. best of luck

I"ll just let this one speak for itself.

Norm

I say that simply because of the history he posted 6 months ago cleared the code after fishtailing and almost getting killed....No code for 6 months and it pops up after hitting a bump, of all the time ive been fixing these cars ive never seen a code pop up because of a bad strut dosent mean its impossible but a slim to none chance of it being a strut causing the problem, If it were to be a rebound situation as clown described after hitting a bump the car would tourqe steer or have very dramitic effects to be able to lift most of the cars weight off a front tire on a FWd car. MY advise is that you check the speed sensor wiring and make sure the the end of the CV axle where it picks up the signal from is free from grease and dirt. best of luck

just found this:

http://www.carquest.com/common/download ... 004-12.pdf

Gonna take a look this weekend probably...

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Brando

Hopefully that does the trick, Have you checked the wiring like i mentioned yet?

No, I haven't had time to look at it at all lately, way too busy with school. Tomorrow...

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Brando

Got it fixed temporarily for now...

It was the wiring in general, but the problem was the wire going into the plug for the wheel sensor. The other plug on the ABS jumper harness was fine.

There's two wires, white and black, the black wire's resistance checked out ok on the DMM, but the white wire's resistance was extremely high...meaning somewhere it had a break.

So I tugged on the white wire a little bit, right near the connector to the wheel hub....out came the wire...er...insulation. The actual wire stayed inside the terminal. so it must have been broken inside the insulation and had a very weak connection...when I installed the new wheel bearing and plugged it back in it probably pushed the wire in a little too...making it seem like everything was ok.

I fixed it temporarily...ended up going to NAPA and getting a new terminal that goes inside the plug, stripped some wire....which was all oddly colored...didn't look like copper but it was (all black and fragile). Usually they just crimp them, but I put some solder on the wire to give it a good connection and less chance of breaking off hopefully..for now. Took it for a test drive and lights/codes never popped up so it should be good for now.

So I'll be ordering a new jumper harness...


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Brando

Good thinking.

Norm