I am looking at a 2000 GS400 to buy. It is a bank repo so the guy doesn't know anything about the car. The car has 101,000 miles on it and looks like it's been taken care of. The only problem is that the ABS & VSC & VSC OFF lights on the dash are all on. The car does have a scrape along the front driver's side wheel well about a foot and a half long. The tire or rim doesn't seem to have any damage. I drove the car and it pulls a little to the right so the alignment is off. I sped up and then applied the brakes hard and it slowed evenly without any pull to one side or the other.
I am wondering if anyone knows what the most likely cause is for these lights being on and what costs would be worst case scenario? I am meeting the guy in the morning to have an inspection done on the car, except their computer is down so they won't be able to run the codes (It was the only place open tomorrow that I could find). Anyway, for $20 they are going to take off the wheels and check the brakes, rotors, calipers, tie rods, all joints, tires, belts, fluids (brake, power steering, transmission), leaks, steering, alignment. I think that's it. Anyway, they are saying without checking the codes they will probably be able to tell why the ABS light is on when they take off the tires and do the inspection. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions, clues, or help for me. I appreciate anything you can give! Thanks
Oh, and when I first showed up and he gave me the keys to start the car it wouldn't start, because it was dead, so we had to jump start it with my car. If this info makes any difference...