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The garage said it needed replacing..........as you can guess I'm a car dunce and went along with the authorised dealers word

Very true Rob! I've agreed to the deal now as they are also doing a full £120k service, MOT, new spare tyre, new ball joint, new caster arms, and adjusting the handbrake for £2k inc. Hopefully she will then be good for a good £15k miles or 3 years+ for me. The one upshot was I got a ride in the new Lexus 4 x 4 from the garage

Sadly the missing ABS sensors was the least of my worries! New rear brake pads £145.00 New front pads & discs £391.00 New shock absorber £366.00 ABS sensors £266.00 Still love her to bits .......... albeit expensive bits!

Agree with the worry about the removal of the ABS sensors, but not sure if there is any recompense with the seller as it was a private sale. I will get Lexus Woodford to give the car a real going over and I'll have to stomach the cost sadly - probably about £1k. Still love the car and will hopefully give me a good few years of service once all sorted.

Thanks for all the advice - decided to bite the bullet and get her looked at by a Lexus dealership. So far 120k service will be about £350, £150 for 1 hours investigation into the fault, I'm guessing around £250 for the sensors etc, I also know the brakes pads are 60% worn - should I get them to do the brakes too or is a Kwik Fit sufficient for this? Bread and water for dinner all month

Thanks again - weird that both sides are removed........oh well got until the end of the month before MOT due. I'm guessing this is a dealership job?

Bum! He checked with his tester and he said it would! Looks like I need to get the thing looked at at a dealership then - more expense. Any idea why the abs sensors would have been removed in the first place? Thanks for the welcome.

Bought a 2nd hand IS200 (V '99)and was recently involved in a ding. Thankfully car repaired but the repairer noticed that the abs sensors had been removed although the dash light had been bypassed. Picked car up today and ABS light not on but airbag light on - garage reckons the system reset they carried out has caused this and that everything (abs aside) should still function ok and she should get through MOT. I will go to local dealer to have sensors refitted but is there a bigger and more expensive reason the abs sensors would have been removed?