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1995 Ford F250. Parking Brake light remains illuminated as well as the ABS light. This after checking to make sure brakes are not set. Also checked wheel hubs to determine if any of the wheels could be isolated but, all wheels were normal temperatures. Also tried to reseat parking brake cable with no success. Tried to recalibrat the parking brake thinking that it might be creating pressuer on the switch that activates the warning light. No luck.' Thank

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Sounds like the RABS(rear anti-lock brake system) valve is bad, need to replace it.

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    It sounds like it might be a RABS(rear antilock brake system) valve problem, must be replaced if it is indeed the valve. Find a Ford diagnostic manual steps to get the sequence to follow to flash out codes from the system to determine what to repair/replace.

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