ABS and Traction light question
 

Ok as I posted in another thread, My dad and I tried to modify one of my OEM steel wheels to fit Baby moons (which was a fail). We only removed the rear passenger wheel.

Maybe we bumped a sensor or some thing. We did this Saturday evening and had to leave dad's house to head down to Disney Sunday morning. On the way we stopped by a auto zone to check the codes but they said I would have to go to a dealership. Being early Sunday morning, no opened Dealerships and the fact that the car seemed to be driving ok we went ahead and drove on down to Orlando (6Hrs). We had no issues other than the warning light.

I have an appointment to have the ignition recall work done on the 16th when we get home. So I think I'll just wait till then to deal with it. Is this a bad idea?

Any noticeable vibration in the wheel(s)/vehicle since then other than what is/has been there already, if any?

Nope, we were very careful to keep the hole we drilled small and evenly spaced. The wheel may no be exactly balanced but it doesn't have any shimmy, bounce or vibrations at all.

Try swapping it forward, and see what happens...

An out of balance wheel is not going to set off any sensors. Well, maybe if it was extremely out of balance it could "maybe" trigger something.

My guess would be you somehow disturbed the wiring that goes to the sensor in the wheel hub.

It may or may not clear itself after so many key cycles.

Dealer not required to read ABS codes, any good shop whith a scantool can do it. Not a Tech2 exclusive thing.

True - if they have one capable of doing that, and a good shop should have the necessary equipment.

Someone posted some info a while back that the auto parts stores won't read ABS etc. due to liability reasons, but not sure if that is a blanket statement or not.

Back to my question should I take it to someone or should I be ok to drive it back to Nashville (12hrs drive) and have them check it when they do the recall service?

Why not take the wheel off and inspect the ABS connector? My guess is either that needs reconnecting or the hubs need to be tended to.

A shop that has a scantool can tell you which hub is bad and what sort of failure it is.

The only dangerous thing that may happen is that the ESC can activate for no reason and scare you into doing something you would not normally do on the road.

Fixed it :), it turns out we pinched the wires in two that go to the sensors with the floor jack. couple wire connectors and I'm back in business.