How long should Puma ABS light remain lit?

[alittlebitconcerned]

Just trying to determine if my ABS light coming on and staying on is normal.

Anytime I start the car my ABS dash light comes on and will stay on indefinitely until I start to drive at which point it will remain illuminated for
about 30sec.

Is this normal?

[kenleyfred]

Yes that normal. I think it stays on until a certain speed is attained and it's done it's self test.

[gitney]

Mine is a bit different to that. The light will only remain on for about 3/4 seconds and then go off. Even if the engine isn't running and i just switch the ignition to on. Then, when i start the engine the light comes on again for about 3/4 seconds and then goes off.
Mine is a MY11 and i think that they may have changed the ABS module around the MY10 mark so mine may be different to yours.? Not completely sure about that though.

Cheers,
Chris

[alittlebitconcerned]

Thanks folks.

[Lorryman100]

From the Puma workshop manual:

it is necessary to drive the vehicle above a speed of 20 km/h (13 mile/h) in order to extinguish the ABS warning lamp.

On my 2009 Puma the abs light will stay on until I go above 13mph where it then extinguishes after no fault is found on the self test.

[dmdigital]

The 11MY Puma's have a Siemens ABS unit. All Defenders (Puma, Td5) with ABS prior to this have the Wabco-D unit and it is designed to turn the light off once a set speed has been attained. Don't know about the Siemens unit.

I've managed to drive more than a kilometre without the ABS light going off as I haven't gone fast enough to complete the speed check for the Wabco-D unit.