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2005 Buick: traction control keeps coming..pulling..weather

 
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I have a 2005 Buick Allure. The traction control keeps coming on whenever I am making a sharp turn, such as pulling into a driveway or backing out of a driveway. This is happening in dry weather conditions.

 

Country: Canada
Make: Buick
Model: Allure
Year: 2005

Already Tried:
Had the brakes and rotors done. Now its getting worse.

Submitted: 333 days and 11 hours ago.
Category: Buick
Value: CA$18
Status: CLOSED
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Expert:  Goodwrench9124 replied333 days and 11 hours ago.

Hello and welcome, do you have any warning lights coming on in the dash?

Customer replied333 days and 10 hours ago.

No. There are no warning lights and when I had the breaks done, they ran a diagnostics and didn't find any errors.

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Expert:  Goodwrench9124 replied333 days and 10 hours ago.

Ok, what you are describing is caused by a irractic wheel speed sensor reading. this can be caused by a bad wheel speed sensor which is part of the hub bearing assembly. but since your problem happens while turning sharp, this almost always a bad wheel sensor wiring harness. in the front of the vehicle, there are two speed sensor harnesses, these harness run along the frame and across the lower control arms then attach the speed sensors in the hub bearings. when you turn the wheel in one direction or another, this causes the wiring to flex and move, over period of time this causes the wires to break and causes high resistances. in short one or both of the front harness will need to be replaced. these harness use a special wire and cannot be repaied with normal wiring. harness are not to expensive, cost 75.00 each. the bad part, you need a high end scan tool that can read data to know which one of the front harnesses is causing the problem

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Expert:  Goodwrench9124 replied333 days and 10 hours ago.

Is there something you dont understand? or do you need more info about this problem?

If there is something you dont understand or you have more questions, Please feel free to ask me!!

Customer replied333 days and 7 hours ago.

Thanks very much for your response.

Is it dangerous to drive the car in this condition?

Do you know what the approximate labour costs are to fix this?

What is the typical cost for a scan?

Is it only the dealers that can do the scans?

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Expert:  Goodwrench9124 replied333 days ago.

at this point, its not dangerous to drive, but this will need to repaired n the near future, this can also starting affecting antilock brake system. labor is around $75.00 per harness. and no just about any well know shop can handle as long as they have a high end scan tool that can read data

If there is anything you don't understand, please feel free to ask me to explain

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