BCustom54

1 Fault Found:

18014 - Rough Road/Engine Torque Signal from ABS: Electrical Malfunction

If anyone could tell me what that actually means that would be great. Thanks a lot

Nate (ETKA+Scumbag)

IIRC, that's not one you ever want. Looks like you need your ABS module rebuilt by ModuleMasters.

egabriele

How much does Module masters charge to rebuild these things??

shorty4014

It is very common with the Bosch 5.3 modules. I have a '98 A4 2.8 too and I bought the car with 88k on it. About two years later, the ABS/Brake light and the beeps started to happen. Now going on three years later, I still haven't fixed it and got used to the annoying beeps and don't like ABS anyways. I like to pump my own brakes. However, I will be selling the car soon and will most likely go through ModuleMaster since they seem to have the best reputation. All other rebuild companies seem to have a lot of complaints, even if they do have a lifetime warranty.

shorty4014

They used to be $200 but are now down to $160!

egabriele

I had mine rebuilt a little over a year ago now. This morning I got the flashing lights again......hopefully its just an ABS wheel sensor and not the module again!!

Nutch

You need to replace your ABS electronics module, a very common problem on the B5s. See modulemasters.com

egabriele

I know, like I said I had mine rebuilt by Module masters a little over a year ago and this morning I got the flashing lights agian. Hopefully its a dirty or broken sensor.

shorty4014

I sent mine in to Module Master months back and they were unable to fix it, stating it was putting out a fatal code. I bought one on eBay for $35 and its still running strong. However, this did not completely solve my ABS issue because unfortunately, I am one of the lucky ones that has the wheel sensors that need to be replaced. My VAG-COM said rear left and front right and costing about $350-$400 to replace the two, I've put the ABS issue on the back burner yet again. I know the rear one needed it for sure but haven't taken a look at the front. I've been dealing with this crap for about 3 or so years now! What a headache...

lamchop

is there a fuse that i can just pull so the lights wouldn't go on? i never liked having ABS anyway.