# 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 ABS light came on after changing battery

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-abs-light-came-on-after-changing-battery/115810>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ram1500, dodge\
**Created:** [April 17, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-abs-light-came-on-after-changing-battery/115810 "2018-04-17T00:02:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allen56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@Allen56](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Allen56)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-abs-light-came-on-after-changing-battery/115810/1 "2018-04-17T00:02:58Z")

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Just changed the battery, now I have an ABS light on that wasn’t on before.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-abs-light-came-on-after-changing-battery/115810/2 "2018-04-17T03:15:20Z")

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Then you need to read this.

[http://www.aa1car.com/library/battery\_disconnect\_problems.htm](http://www.aa1car.com/library/battery_disconnect_problems.htm)

Tester

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-dodge-ram-1500-abs-light-came-on-after-changing-battery/115810/3 "2018-04-17T03:17:30Z")

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It might go out by itself after a couple of drive cycles. If it doesn’t you’ll have to go to a shopt to get the ABS codes read.