Y3 ABS issue

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Thomsen DK
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Y3 ABS issue

Post by Thomsen DK » Sat Jul 18, 2026 12:30 pm

My 1993 XM with Bendix system had a rear ABS sensor replaced.

We installed a sensor for a VW golf 3. However, the new sensor has a resistance of 1100 ohm where the original had 2000+ ohms and I suppose that is the reason why the system still throws an error and the ABS light is displayed when the car reaches a speed above 20 km/h.

Does anyone here have experience with this? Could the solution be to replace the other rear ABS sensor, which has the 2000+ ohm resistance with the same type as the new one, so the pair of sensors have the same ohm resistance?

Or could I simply solder a 1000 ohm resistor into the wire of the new sensor to increase the resistance and fix the problem?
Hydraulic Citroen enthusiast since 2002. Have owned multiple Xantias, C5s, C6s, and XMs.

Current cars: Citroen XM Y3 V6 160 HP manual 1993 with diravi, Citroen C5 2.2 HDi Cross Tourer automatic 2014, and Fiat 500 2013
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