Author: Jimmy O'Riley
Jimmy O'Riley
Jimmy O'Riley is a UK-based mobile mechanic and automotive diagnostic specialist operating out of Bedfordshire, England. He founded O'Rileys Autos in 2011 with a focus on bringing professional vehicle repairs directly to customers at their homes and workplaces.
With over a decade of hands-on experience, Jimmy specializes in ABS diagnostics, brake system repairs, diesel emissions faults, and DPF cleaning. He is recognized across the UK and Ireland as one of the leading specialists in vehicle braking and emissions systems, earning the title "The DPF King" from his growing online audience.
Jimmy documents real-world automotive repairs through his YouTube channel, which has accumulated over 97,000 subscribers and nearly 2,000 published repair videos. His content covers ABS fault diagnosis, wheel speed sensor testing, brake module replacement, and roadside repair procedures across a wide range of vehicle makes and models.
He is active on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook under O'Rileys Autos.
An ABS light that goes on and off indicates an intermittent fault in the antilock braking system. The 6 most common causes include a faulty wheel speed sensor, corroded wiring, a cracked
The ID.3 was pulled into a layby on the A6 south of Shillington, hazards going, owner standing beside it looking at his phone when I arrived. He had been driving it for eleven months, twenty-eight thousand miles, and the ABS light had come on hard at
The Leaf was on a driveway in Biggleswade, three years old and fifty-eight thousand miles on the clock, ABS light sitting steady on the dash. When I pulled the front wheels off to check the calipers, the pads were barely touched. There was almost no
Not all cars have ABS. In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mandated ABS on all new passenger vehicles by model year 2013. Vehicles manufactured before this requirement
The Cherokee was parked outside a kebab shop on Dunstable Road in Luton when I found it, both lights burning steady on the dash. The owner had been driving it for two months like that. He works early starts, needed the car, and to him it still stoppe
The Chevy Silverado ABS module controls the antilock braking system and prevents wheel lockup during hard stops. Repairing it involves reading fault codes, inspecting the wiring, and rebuilding or replacing the Electronic
There is a Volkswagen Golf on a driveway in Bedford with an ABS module that was replaced eight months ago. The owner paid a hundred and forty pounds fitted for a remanufactured unit, against a dealer quote of three hundred and twenty for a new one. T
There is a Vauxhall Astra in the car park of the Flitwick Leisure Centre with an ABS fault that a mobile mechanic worked on three days ago. He replaced the front right wheel speed sensor based on the fault code, charged the owner sixty-five pounds fo
When the StabiliTrak and ABS lights come on together, both the antilock braking system and the electronic stability control system have deactivated simultaneously. This occurs because both systems share the same wheel
There is a Ford Focus on a driveway in Luton that has already had a wheel speed sensor replaced at a local garage. The ABS light came back on within a fortnight. The owner paid for that sensor, and now he is paying for me, and the light is still on.