ABS light and the traction control stuck on OFF on my Mustang ... Please Help !!?

its kindda long but i really need help so please :)





okay heres what happen .. the ABS light is on on my cluster and the traction control is stuck on OFF .. nothing wont change if i pressed on the the traction control botton :S





its a 2001 Ford Mustang GT .. Manuel shift and apperantly with a traction control





so i took it to tire plus and i dont think they knew what they were doing .. they told me to change this following things:





1-Calipers with pads


2- Brake Rotor


3-Master Cylinder


4-Remain P/B Booster


5-Remove and replace Power Brake Booster to bleed hydrolic booster and the cruise control interferesadd





and even more to change but you got the pic. .. estimate about $ 1,753





then i took the report to the Ford dealer and the guy was pretty nice and seemed like he actually cared because he told me to do it one at a time and he said that he doesnt think the report from "Tire Plus" made sence because he doesnt think the master cylinder and the other things they want got to do with the ABS light


so we run another test and got a new report and thats what the report say :








VERIFY ABS LIGHT COMING ON. PERFORM NESS, SCAN TEST, PID MONITOR TEST AND PIN POINT TEST. FOUND FAULTY HYDRALIC CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT. ESTEMATE TO REPAIR $ 2,265.00








the hydrolic control unit it self "HCU" is about $ 1500 from Ford


and the "ECU" cost about $ 800 with the labor for my old mustang when i fixed it .. but they said they ll do everything for $ 2,265.00





but i still dont like the price because i dont really wanna pay that much money now so i went to the junk yard and the guy said .. he ll give me the "HCU and ECU" for $ 150 with a 90 days warranty


but my cousin said those things are hard to put ur self because he tried to do it before and he end up taking it to a mechanic ... is it really hard to do ???





and what report make more sence and what should i do ????





thank you very much|||Ok, first thing first. Have you replaced your brake pads and had your rotors turned or replaced. My '04 GT did the same thing (I had no traction control put the light still came on along with the brake light) and it was due to the back pads and rotors needing to be replaced. Go to your local parts house (hi-lo, pep boys, autozone, O'Rileys) and get the house brand pads and see if your rotors can be turned. I'm going to assume they cant since the TC %26amp; Brake lights appear on your cluster.





This is a very easy job that can be done with a little time and the correct tools. Make sure you get a Caliber Piston Tool, it just snaps on the end of a ratchet and cost maybe $5. This will allow you to collapse the piston back into the caliber so you can install the new pads. Also pop the top on your brake fluid reservoir, this will make the pistons go in so much easier. Once your done turn the key to the on position and pump the brakes until they get hard, this gets pressure back in the lines.





Good Luck