# car question:abs sensors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-abs-sensors/419339>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-abs-sensors/419339 "2007-09-15T21:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-abs-sensors/419339/1 "2007-09-15T21:05:53Z")

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I have an 02 sunfire with a 2.2 and a 4 speed automatic transmission. The odometer reading is 170k .

At times when I am reversing , my abs , electronic traction control dash lights will come on the right side and the service engine light will light up on the left side. When I hooked it up to an OBD II scanner it reported a c1222 error code pointing to the abs sensor.

How much shop time would i be looking at to bring it into a dealer

Declan

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-abs-sensors/419339/2 "2007-09-16T04:43:21Z")

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Not that it means anything, but the ABS light on my '03 Malibu went on this spring; I was told that the whole wheel bearing assembly would have to be replaced to fix it as the sensor is integrated into it.

The diagnosis was free (though I was having a \>$1000 problem fixed at the time). They quoted me something like $500 to fix it. Winter approaches, so I suppose I should take them up on it sometime.