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.
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.
The ABS control module is most commonly located in the engine bay, mounted on or near the brake master cylinder on the driver’s side firewall. Its exact position varies by manufacturer, vehicle
There is a BMW 3 Series on a driveway in Dunstable with the ABS light, the DSC light, and the brake warning light all on at once. The owner has a quote from a main dealer for a replacement ABS module and programming – one thousand eight hundred pound
There is a Nissan Leaf on a driveway in Shefford with an ABS warning light that has been on for three weeks. The owner drove it every day and everything felt normal – the regenerative braking worked exactly as it always had. He is not an unusual case
Driving with the ABS light on is possible but carries risk. The vehicle retains standard braking function, but the antilock braking system is deactivated, removing the protection that prevents wheel lockup during
There is a Mack Granite on the hard shoulder of the A6 near Barton-le-Clay, and the driver has been sitting on the barrier for forty minutes. The ABS light came on somewhere outside Milton Keynes. He kept going because he had a delivery and because t
The VW Golf on the driveway in Dunstable had a new wheel speed sensor fitted on the offside rear two weeks before I arrived. The owner had watched a YouTube video, ordered the part, fitted it himself, and the ABS light had come back on within a day.
The 2025 Kawasaki Ninja 500 SE ABS is a special edition sport motorcycle powered by a 451cc liquidcooled paralleltwin engine producing 51 hp. It builds on the base Ninja 500 with 10
The Ford Focus on the driveway in Sandy had no warning lights showing and an owner who could not explain what felt wrong. She said the braking felt different, not dramatically different, but enough that she had noticed it across three or four journey
An ABS bleeding scan tool is a bidirectional diagnostic device that activates the ABS pump and solenoid valves to force trapped air out of the hydraulic control unit (HCU). Standard manual brake