# 1998 Toyota Camry ABS Question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-toyota-camry-abs-question/25866 "2009-02-01T05:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f17d59/32.png) [@Rusty](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rusty)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-toyota-camry-abs-question/25866/1 "2009-02-01T05:22:45Z")
I just acquired the car which used to be my mother’s until her recent death. My question is regarding the ABS…the last 3 years, the ABS light has been on…checked the code and its a computer malfunction. Too expensive to repair but I am planning to sell it…I need to turn the ABS light off so it won’t scare people off…could I cut the wires from the computer and that would turn the light off? Or what would you suggest? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-toyota-camry-abs-question/25866/2 "2009-02-01T14:06:40Z")
What you’re planning to do is called fraud, and it’s illegal. Don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-toyota-camry-abs-question/25866/3 "2009-02-01T14:10:57Z")
In addition to the legal issue of fraud, this is just plain unethical. I don’t know about the OP, but my religious and moral principles would not allow me to lead someone to believe that a significant piece of safety equipment is functional, when it is actually non-functional. If the OP does this, bad karma will follow him/her for the rest of his/her life.