How to Respond When Your Jaguar’s ABS Light goes on?

Certain warning signs at the dashboard of the car make us worry. The car users generally think if there is a serious issue in the car? Is there a need of immediate fix? Would it require a costly fix? One need to know about all the warning lights available on the dashboard. The ABS light is one of them. You need to know that the light glows when there is some problem at the safety braking system. But the most necessary thing is what to do if the ABS warning light glows up. This article is about what to do if the ABS light at Jaguar glows.

ABS warning light in Jaguar

Even if the Jaguars are one of the best luxury cars, still many times the ABS light glows in these cars. So first you have to know about ABS. ABS stands for anti-lock braking system. This system prevents the wheels from locking when the brakes are pressed. Sometimes, the driver press the brakes hard due to which, the brake pads applies more force to the brake rotor to make it stop.

As a result, the rotor immediately stops rotating and the wheels totally gets locked, that is it stops moving at all. So this locking of wheels make them to skid. Due to inertia, the vehicle is unable to stop at once, so the wheels which are locked begin to slip. This slipping is very harmful for your car. Slipping of wheels make the tires to wear unevenly, the wheels may get unbalanced. Even slipping of the tries would also lead to accidents as the car would be highly unstable. It would immediately jump out of its stable state. So the ABS prevents the locking of wheels by allowing the wheels to cover a little more distance by rotating. This prevents the wearing of tire due to slips and wearing of the brake pads and other brake components from hard braking. This also prevents accidents by allowing the driver to steer while braking to get out of the area where the car is more likely to get hit.

ABS is such a vital system that saves many car components.

ABS should not be disabled. If it is not working then it would be risky while driving, that is you can use brakes but you would not be able to use the ABS feature. If the ABS is not working, then a warning light would glow at the dashboard of the car. That indicator light would be similar to the brake warning light but there would be ABS show in that circular sign.

What causes the ABS light to glow?

Here are some common reasons behind the glowing of ABS in Jaguar

 Brake fluid is low

 Faulty wheel speed sensor

 Faulty control module

 ABS fuse is blown

 Tire pressure is low

What to do if the ABS light in jaguar is turned on?

If you found that the ABS light is glowing, then firstly, you should not panic. Try to drive your car carefully with a moderate or low speed. You can take your car to the roadside and restart your car. If restarting doesn’t work. Then take an OBD2 scanner and plug it to the on board diagnostic port at your car to read the trouble codes to identify the real cause. Drive your car to a nearby auto service center to fix the issue. After fixing the issue, if still the warning light glows, then you have to reset the error codes by the OBD2 scanner. If there is no OBD2 scanner, then you can reset the error by disconnecting the battery cables from battery for some minutes. Just the negative cable and then the positive cable is to be removed and then the horn and the headlight switch are made to turn on. Then the battery is again connected to its cables after 15 minutes. This would surely remove the warning from your car.

Conclusion

If ABS light is showing up, then it’s better to take the help of an OBD2 scanner. Take your Jaguar to an authorized repair center for diagnosis.