# ABS Brake Light

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/abs-brake-light/33093>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** escape, abs, brakes, ford\
**Created:** [July 9, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/abs-brake-light/33093 "2009-07-09T00:37:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![darrelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@darrelt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/darrelt)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/abs-brake-light/33093/1 "2009-07-09T00:37:40Z")

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My 06 Ford Escape’s ABS light is on and I tried using my Actron OBDII auto scanner to read the codes but I keep getting a communication error on the scanner. I tried the scanner in my other vehicles and it works fine. Do I have 2 problems or are they both related?