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Pulsating Brake / Brake pedal
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<blockquote data-quote="Dreman" data-source="post: 1022124" data-attributes="member: 61303"><p>Wow. I'm glad I sold my 1999 GMC when I did. I didn't think about the ABS being a possible consideration in an accident investigation. The GMC's ABS system went into full pulse mode one day, whether the truck was on or not. I pulled the relay, and it quit, so I checked the brakes, and they worked fine. Researched it and found it was a bad component that was going out on all of them, but with 90,000 miles on it I was unlikely to get it fixed under warranty, and they wanted $1700 to fix it! I left it that way for the rest of the life of the truck, and it actually stopped better without it! Apparently any bump in the road activated the ABS, so I was shocked to find out how quickly it stopped without it. The ABS on my Trac works much better, and has never given me any problem, but I might have considered disconnecting it if it went weird because of my previous experience. But if I did that, any accident would probably automatically be my fault, because the ABS was disconnected. Thanks for stating the obvious for those of us who are oblivious!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dreman, post: 1022124, member: 61303"] Wow. I'm glad I sold my 1999 GMC when I did. I didn't think about the ABS being a possible consideration in an accident investigation. The GMC's ABS system went into full pulse mode one day, whether the truck was on or not. I pulled the relay, and it quit, so I checked the brakes, and they worked fine. Researched it and found it was a bad component that was going out on all of them, but with 90,000 miles on it I was unlikely to get it fixed under warranty, and they wanted $1700 to fix it! I left it that way for the rest of the life of the truck, and it actually stopped better without it! Apparently any bump in the road activated the ABS, so I was shocked to find out how quickly it stopped without it. The ABS on my Trac works much better, and has never given me any problem, but I might have considered disconnecting it if it went weird because of my previous experience. But if I did that, any accident would probably automatically be my fault, because the ABS was disconnected. Thanks for stating the obvious for those of us who are oblivious! [/QUOTE]
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