ehrhardtg
Junior Member
This is FYI warning. Have a 2014 Ram 2500 4x4 Diesel Quad Cab 8' bed. ABS light went on August 2023. No other symptoms. Took truck in to my neighborhood dealer. Left wheel bearing found needing replacement at 125K miles, mostly highway driving, no back road use.
Last week driving from NC to Maine, ABS light went on again (131k miles). Again no symptoms. Called my home dealer who said if you have no symptoms like grinding sound or steering wheel wobble, should be OK to continue trip. Within 1/2 hour on freeway, steering wheel wobble started (felt like alignment problem) and occasionally heard a grinding noise. Immediately exited the freeway only to find brake pedal went half way to floor! Carefully limped to nearest Ram dealer in Richmond VA 15 minutes away. Right wheel bearing assembly had failed badly. Wheel wobble was severe enough to damage right brake rotor too which had to be replaced along with wheel bearing assembly. I examined the wheel bearing assembly once removed. The wheel barely turned and felt like grinding gravel.
Apparently the ABS sensor gets fried by the heat from the failing wheel bearing which may be your first warning. If I had not already been cued in to this fact from my earlier experience, I may have kept driving longer and had the misfortune of watching my front right wheel fall off while traveling 70 mph! Be safe out there!
Last week driving from NC to Maine, ABS light went on again (131k miles). Again no symptoms. Called my home dealer who said if you have no symptoms like grinding sound or steering wheel wobble, should be OK to continue trip. Within 1/2 hour on freeway, steering wheel wobble started (felt like alignment problem) and occasionally heard a grinding noise. Immediately exited the freeway only to find brake pedal went half way to floor! Carefully limped to nearest Ram dealer in Richmond VA 15 minutes away. Right wheel bearing assembly had failed badly. Wheel wobble was severe enough to damage right brake rotor too which had to be replaced along with wheel bearing assembly. I examined the wheel bearing assembly once removed. The wheel barely turned and felt like grinding gravel.
Apparently the ABS sensor gets fried by the heat from the failing wheel bearing which may be your first warning. If I had not already been cued in to this fact from my earlier experience, I may have kept driving longer and had the misfortune of watching my front right wheel fall off while traveling 70 mph! Be safe out there!