Weird ABS operation or is this normal?
03-25-2009
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Weird ABS operation or is this normal? This is the first car I've driven where the ABS brakes worked (or didn't have).
This happens about 95% of the time if I'm driving along at moderate speed, about 15-30mph+ and hit a considerable bump or pothole or other piece of shitty road that makes you bump up in your seat, and braking. With any pressure except extremely light, the ABS motor/action sounds like it goes really fast, which I think is normal speed, but it goes off in one or both wheels sometimes for about 1 - 1.5 sec and it sounds like a fast drum roll speed
My guess is that the bump is causing that tire/side to lose traction just enough that the ABS kicks in? I thought it was supposed to stop once you have a non skidding wheel again.
I don't know if this is normal or if that's a problem. It has been in an accident where the front left wheel, axle, and suspension were damaged, so they were recently replaced.
This happens about 95% of the time if I'm driving along at moderate speed, about 15-30mph+ and hit a considerable bump or pothole or other piece of shitty road that makes you bump up in your seat, and braking. With any pressure except extremely light, the ABS motor/action sounds like it goes really fast, which I think is normal speed, but it goes off in one or both wheels sometimes for about 1 - 1.5 sec and it sounds like a fast drum roll speed
My guess is that the bump is causing that tire/side to lose traction just enough that the ABS kicks in? I thought it was supposed to stop once you have a non skidding wheel again.
I don't know if this is normal or if that's a problem. It has been in an accident where the front left wheel, axle, and suspension were damaged, so they were recently replaced.
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Re: Weird ABS operation or is this normal?
We dont have traction control we only have regular abs brakes, could be a problem
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hmm ive always avoided braking when going over bumps and potholes so couldnt say if its normal. i know these cars abs system is really sensitive tho.
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Maybe during the bump there is less tire on the ground, so less traction. ABS reads that and is applied, makes sense right?
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no it's normal the abs is too senstive and when you hit a bump it will set it off mine used to do it all the time till it got till the abs modulator got burned out.
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familiarize your self with abs
http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...rakekits.shtml
(dont worry about reading the BBK part, just the description of what ABS is actually doing)
http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...rakekits.shtml
(dont worry about reading the BBK part, just the description of what ABS is actually doing)
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