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hookedup240 · 11-20-2002, 12:33 PM

What's up guys, i've been having a problem as of late.  I know that i have ABS because the light on my dash lights up when i start the car also have Hicas and a lsd. btw i have a 91.
But anyway the other day i was driving and i had to slam on my breaks to avoid hitting someone who cut me off and my car's tires locked up and i slid a few feet. This never happened before is there something wrong with my antilock brakes?  ABS makes it so the car does not lock up right?  Can anyone give me some ideas why it does this.

Thanks in advanced

Dousan_PG · 11-20-2002, 12:58 PM

what type of tires do you have? your stopping power is in two places:
brakes
tires

good tires will make excellent braking as well. its your tires that stick, your brakes can be BREMBO but if your running crap tires, your still going to have crap braking

AKADriver · 11-20-2002, 01:00 PM

how fast were you moving before braking?  ABS won't engage below a certain speed.

It's also not infallible.  Did you hear the ABS pump or feel it through the pedal?

hookedup240 · 11-20-2002, 01:08 PM

I have Falken Aziens (sp?) tires 215/35/18, but i did not feel the abs pump through the pedal.

I was going about 50-55 maybe

Dousan_PG · 11-20-2002, 01:10 PM

well your tires are good DEPENDING on their tred

also! what about the road conditions? how was the surface you were on? azenis suck in rain for the most part, and if the surface was slick or possibly too smooth the tires coud/may/would slide as well.

hookedup240 · 11-20-2002, 03:23 PM

Well they have good tread, and it wasn't wet out either i don't know what kind of road it was smooth or something guess its just one of those things

kandyflip445 · 11-20-2002, 06:39 PM

Does your ABS light STAY on when your car is running? Or does it just go out after you start it? It could be a number of things with ABS. If the light does stay on then get the DTC(Diagnostic Trouble Code) from the ECU. If it doesn't then your best bet would be take it to a shop. They would have to run diagnostics on it. I could probably do it for you but you probably don't live in Kansas <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> . Good luck.

HKrpS13 · 11-20-2002, 08:24 PM

I think you need to bleed the ABS

11-20-2002, 12:33 PM	#1
hookedup240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Age: 41 Posts: 1,149 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	What's up guys, i've been having a problem as of late.  I know that i have ABS because the light on my dash lights up when i start the car also have Hicas and a lsd. btw i have a 91. But anyway the other day i was driving and i had to slam on my breaks to avoid hitting someone who cut me off and my car's tires locked up and i slid a few feet. This never happened before is there something wrong with my antilock brakes?  ABS makes it so the car does not lock up right?  Can anyone give me some ideas why it does this. Thanks in advanced __________________ 1991 240sx se 5spd - sold 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege

11-20-2002, 12:58 PM	#2
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	what type of tires do you have? your stopping power is in two places: brakes tires good tires will make excellent braking as well. its your tires that stick, your brakes can be BREMBO but if your running crap tires, your still going to have crap braking __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

11-20-2002, 01:08 PM	#4
hookedup240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Age: 41 Posts: 1,149 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have Falken Aziens (sp?) tires 215/35/18, but i did not feel the abs pump through the pedal. I was going about 50-55 maybe __________________ 1991 240sx se 5spd - sold 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege

11-20-2002, 01:10 PM	#5
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	well your tires are good DEPENDING on their tred also! what about the road conditions? how was the surface you were on? azenis suck in rain for the most part, and if the surface was slick or possibly too smooth the tires coud/may/would slide as well. __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

11-20-2002, 03:23 PM	#6
hookedup240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Age: 41 Posts: 1,149 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Well they have good tread, and it wasn't wet out either i don't know what kind of road it was smooth or something guess its just one of those things __________________ 1991 240sx se 5spd - sold 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege

11-20-2002, 01:00 PM	#3
AKADriver Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 43 Posts: 3,518 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	how fast were you moving before braking?  ABS won't engage below a certain speed. It's also not infallible.  Did you hear the ABS pump or feel it through the pedal?

11-20-2002, 06:39 PM	#7
kandyflip445 Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Arden, NC Age: 40 Posts: 4,460 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: kandyflip445 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Does your ABS light STAY on when your car is running? Or does it just go out after you start it? It could be a number of things with ABS. If the light does stay on then get the DTC(Diagnostic Trouble Code) from the ECU. If it doesn't then your best bet would be take it to a shop. They would have to run diagnostics on it. I could probably do it for you but you probably don't live in Kansas <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> . Good luck. __________________ My 240 vBgarage

11-20-2002, 08:24 PM	#8
HKrpS13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 267 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I think you need to bleed the ABS