after having the left rear wheel speed sensor replaced twice under warranty at 6K and 20K miles, the same one has failed a third time! my independent mechanic couldn't pull the code as the ABS codes are not published so I was forced to go to the dealer. The repair guy came out and told me it was the left rear wheel speed sensor in less than ten minutes and the car was ready to go in about an hour -- the charge, $244.76 -- 2 hours labor @$96/hr, $34.30+$3.10 tax for the part, and $15.36 "shop charge" When I questioned the labor, I was told "sorry, it's flat rate -- we have to charge 2 hours..." That's fine -- I'll have to go somewhere else next time. Crooks.

I have two 2005 Dodge Grand Caravans, one has 123,000 kms and the other has 81,000 kms. Both have ABS lights on. I have had tow shops working for the last 2 days trying to fix this problem. We have changed ABS controllers, fuse panels under the hood, both rear wheel sensors, we have fixed corrosion on some of the wires, etc. The one with 81,000 kms can probably be fixed with a new fuse panel(underhood) and one wire plug-in for the rear ABS sensor, the dealer will not sell a wire plug-in but they will sell me a complete harness for $1000.00. What a friggin joke!!!! I have called around to some of the other shops and they all have wished me luck fixing my van, apparently this is a very very common problem with Dodge vans and a very hard fix as well. So I called my friend who is the head mechanic at our local Chrysler dealer and he also laughed at me and said good luck, he said they could probably fix the problem but by the sounds of what I had already done I could be looking at a $2000.00-$2500.00 fix, you have got to be kidding. Chrysler has sold me the last piece of junk I will ever buy from them. They have a major problem with their vans and they do not know how to repair them as well...what a joke.....:>(

The ABS light came on; no other problem was obvious. Took the car to the dealer who pulled codes and said the right front speed sensor and the ABS controller were bad and had to be replaced. I never had a problem stopping. I never had a problem with the speedometer. But being concerned about possible braking problems when I was planning a trip, I okayed the repair. The car is just over 4 years old with only 29000 miles on it. The dealer charged me $1004.47 for this. I don't think the car should have had this problem and I certainly don't think it should have cost this much to repair.

When the ABS light comes on it also took out the Trak capability. Trak was automatically turned off after the sensor light came on. The real problem I had with this is that only 2 months earlier I had to get both front calipers replaced because one fully seized up and the other one seized on the inside piston. That was about a $1000 charge. I don't know exactly where this sensor sits but i would figure it to be on or very near the caliper that it needs to check. If you replace anything on the brake system would you not verify that all of the parts in the system are functioning to spec. I also found out that my 2005 van has the calipers from the 2006 model year. This seemed to cause a little confusion for the non-dealer repair shop who ordered the wrong part twice before checking the number on the caliper.