ETS and ABS
 

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)

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.

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..

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)

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.

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

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)

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.

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).

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.

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

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

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

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:

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...

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