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dannysm213 · 07-03-2009, 10:57 PM

The title of this post pretty much says it all.

I drove to the airport yesterday morning - the trip is about 50 miles, the first 15 of which are on back roads and then a bunch of highway. I was about 20 miles into the drive and going slowly in traffic (about 15-20mph) when I pressed my brakes to slow down. At this point, the ABS started going crazy and pulsed continuously while I was trying to slow down (like it would on snow or ice). It also felt like the car was sliding while I was on the brakes, like the car would slide to the right as I tried to slow down. It had rained that morning, but at that point the roads were mostly dry - there should have been no reason for slippage. After doing this for about 30 seconds during a few different stops, the ABS light came on and my brakes went back to normal, though now untrustworthy. I made it to the airport and am now at my parent's house for the weekend, but am dreading my drive back from the airport on Sunday night.

From my research on the forums, it seems like maybe one of the ABS sensors got screwed up somehow, or maybe I need a new ABS module. My car is a '98 with 103K miles, and other things have started falling apart too. I plan on pulling the codes when I get back to my place, but in the meantime, I think I'm just going to disable ABS for my drive back so I don't have to deal with it (please don't flame me for wanting to disable ABS - I like having ABS as much as anyone, but I don't want this to happen again on my drive home because it felt like I had no control over stopping my car). Is it just the one fuse for ABS in the fuse panel under the steering column that I have to pull? Or are there other fuses elsewhere that I should know about that might interfere with my drive home?

Thanks,

Dan

07-03-2009, 10:57 PM	#1
dannysm213 Member Join Date: Jun 2003 iTrader: (0) Posts: 41	ABS went crazy... on dry road. The title of this post pretty much says it all. I drove to the airport yesterday morning - the trip is about 50 miles, the first 15 of which are on back roads and then a bunch of highway. I was about 20 miles into the drive and going slowly in traffic (about 15-20mph) when I pressed my brakes to slow down. At this point, the ABS started going crazy and pulsed continuously while I was trying to slow down (like it would on snow or ice). It also felt like the car was sliding while I was on the brakes, like the car would slide to the right as I tried to slow down. It had rained that morning, but at that point the roads were mostly dry - there should have been no reason for slippage. After doing this for about 30 seconds during a few different stops, the ABS light came on and my brakes went back to normal, though now untrustworthy. I made it to the airport and am now at my parent's house for the weekend, but am dreading my drive back from the airport on Sunday night. From my research on the forums, it seems like maybe one of the ABS sensors got screwed up somehow, or maybe I need a new ABS module. My car is a '98 with 103K miles, and other things have started falling apart too. I plan on pulling the codes when I get back to my place, but in the meantime, I think I'm just going to disable ABS for my drive back so I don't have to deal with it (please don't flame me for wanting to disable ABS - I like having ABS as much as anyone, but I don't want this to happen again on my drive home because it felt like I had no control over stopping my car). Is it just the one fuse for ABS in the fuse panel under the steering column that I have to pull? Or are there other fuses elsewhere that I should know about that might interfere with my drive home? Thanks, Dan