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That stinks, since the ABS should help keep you from flat spotting when its working properly; for it to actually make you flat spot (and spin) is like a kick in the nuts.

My ABS has been acting up too. Recently had the car checked from top to bottom, and under very hard braking (I was having some other issues with the brakes, non-ABS related), the speed sensors where showing different speeds for different wheels--and they were way off. Haven't gotten it sorted out yet, but it really hasn't caused any issues on the track yet (the car brakes just fine in a straight line at threshold--used to have some squirreliness, but that's all gone with some suspension changes). What I'd like to do is just disable it altogether, but I'm not sure how to go about that. Not too excited with replacing the ABS module for 2 grand on what's more or less a track toy.

 

I thought

that when the ABS system failed, it turned itself off. But it's possible (I guess) for errant readings from the wheel speed sensors to not be seen as a failure and give erratic results, I honestly don't know. If you want to disable it completely, pull the fuse or a single wheel speed sensor...

Matt

 

Is there a fuse for a single wheel speed sensor that doesn't affect anything else? I was under the impression that there were some other electronics involved, or it set warning lights off--if not, that's probably the easiest solution. Even if it set a warning light off, I guess that's not really a big issue, just put the fuse back in and it's gone...Right?