Interesting ABS problem
'96 Accord EXR, VTEC
Hi again, My ABS is acting strangely. Recently, I noticed a peculiarity when coming to a stop: the ABS kicks in momentarily. To be more specific, when stopping with light brake pressure only, just before the car is completely stopped, the ABS releases the brake pressure and then re-applies it. This makes the car lose deceleration and then stop suddenly. IT only does this when using light brake pressure and at very slow speeds. However, the problem is significant enough to be potentially dangerous. If I am pulling my boat for example, I can easily misjudge where the car will halt be a foot or more. At first I thought this was related to another problem I had recently where one of my brake calipers came loose ( on the back of the car ); I guess I used to much anti-seize and didn't torque down the nuts enough. But this is definitely an ABS problem. I know this for certain because if I engage my hand-brake just enough to make the warning light come on, after about a minute or so, the ABS will shut off, as indicated on the dash. I know this to be normal. The symptoms during a stop are no longer. Releasing the hand brake and having the ABS come back on make the problems reappear. Does anyone have any thoughts? MajBach |
Re: Interesting ABS problem
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:35:39 -0400, "MajBach" <majbach@sympatico.ca>
wrote: >'96 Accord EXR, VTEC > >Hi again, My ABS is acting strangely. Recently, I noticed a peculiarity when >coming to a stop: the ABS kicks in momentarily. To be more specific, when >stopping with light brake pressure only, just before the car is completely >stopped, the ABS releases the brake pressure and then re-applies it. This >makes the car lose deceleration and then stop suddenly. IT only does this >when using light brake pressure and at very slow speeds. However, the >problem is significant enough to be potentially dangerous. If I am pulling >my boat for example, I can easily misjudge where the car will halt be a foot >or more. >At first I thought this was related to another problem I had recently where >one of my brake calipers came loose ( on the back of the car ); I guess I >used to much anti-seize and didn't torque down the nuts enough. But this is >definitely an ABS problem. I know this for certain because if I engage my >hand-brake just enough to make the warning light come on, after about a >minute or so, the ABS will shut off, as indicated on the dash. I know this >to be normal. The symptoms during a stop are no longer. Releasing the hand >brake and having the ABS come back on make the problems reappear. Does >anyone have any thoughts? >MajBach > It sounds like one of your wheel sensors is starting to go. I had the same problem, and eventually the part failed and triggered an error code in the ABS computer. |
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