ETS and ABS

[cherrington17]

a guy at work drives an 99 grand am. (i think its a 99)

his ets light and abs light came on, recently. is that a wheel bearing issue? (thats all that came up in the search)

[Gr1m]

yes. check to make sure the plugs are connected in the wheel hubs, if they are, one of his sensors in his wheel hub(s) may be bad.

[Vinman]

yup, i've got the same exact problem..and i'm yet to install my hub assembly...i still have to go to my buddy's shop to determine what side it is..

[cherrington17]

so its the wheel bearing, or jsut a bad sensor? and whats the cost/labor on each? (if its basic, i'll do it for him)

[Gr1m]

GM thought it would be a good idea to have the sensor built into the whole wheel hub assemb. so instead of replacing a $15 sensor, your stuck replacing a $120 wheel hub.

[Vinman]

yeah my hub cost me $140...luckily the labor is gonna be cheap...I just have to go to my buddy's shop...damn gm for not making the sensor seperate

[cherrington17]

well that sure won't make him happy. :lol:

i'll let him know. thanks guys.


i think we should take common problems like these and add them to the FAQ page. if someone wanted to add them. (i'm not great and auto diagnosis, or else i would)

[Canadian]

I here ya. I had to change my girlfriend's rear and front hubs. Though, shop around for the parts. I had the two front ones for 140 and the rear for 90 american. did the labour myself.

[misslindseysue]

Murray's has two - the cheapo for $90 and the 5 year one for $120. I went cheapo because I was selling it. :) I paid a local shop $100 to install it for me (the 4th time, that is).

[Vinman]

there was a link on here somewhere that had both front hubs (front) for about 140, but i haven't been able to find it again...if i had i sure as hell would have went for that....taken care of both for the price of one.

[dbailey]

Check eBay. They have them on there. :rolleyes2:

[CBLOHM3400]

in my area 120.00 plus tax autozone good one 1year replacment 98.00 for valuecraft 90 day
napa 144.00 1 year
98.00 to 99.00 90 day war.
dealer 270.00 on front
309.00 on rear

[Vinman]

damn, i went to autozone and got the timkin and that was just about 140 and that has the 1 year replacement

[Ryan from Ohio]

I just had this problem start about 2 weeks ago.

It kicks my cruise control off to, which really pisses me off.

The sad part is I just tossed a wheel hub that was good a few months back... Figured its a part I would never need.

:(

[nickbain]

I just had this problem start about 2 weeks ago.

It kicks my cruise control off to, which really pisses me off.

The sad part is I just tossed a wheel hub that was good a few months back... Figured its a part I would never need.

:(

:haha: :haha: you drive an alero and thought you would never need a wheel bearing:lol: :lol:

[Ryan from Ohio]

First time Ive ever had this issue with all the cars Ive ever owned. Including one car I pushed to 178K miles...

So ya, never imagined it.

I might just remove it, clean it, regrease it and re install it if I can.

If it went together, it has to come apart. Just not sure if I would destroy it getting it apart...lol

The fronts been a bit noisy, but I attested that to the cheap tires in the front...

[nickbain]

the last bearing I did it came out in several peices.