[Noizemaker]

So friday I was in stop-and-go traffic when I hit the brakes and the ABS went wacko and the car refused to stop. I rearended a guy at 2mph. TWO! I braked on a threshold between cobblestone and pavement, i believe. I wasn't alert enough to get off and on the brakes in time, and I rode it into the back bumper of an A6.

Cracked the crap outta my clam. I'm not amused. I know the idea that it's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, but this doesn't get to happen again! There's a light on my way home that triggers it a couple times a week too, so I wasn't unfamiliar with the behavior, just not expecting it there.

Best repro i can track down is a little different than the other issues i've read on here. Only happens under 10MPH, and I have to already be on the brake when I go over a bump/surface change. This repros at the intersection that I hit the gentleman at as well as the above-mentioned intersection. If i've got speed up, nothing happens. Stock pads, stock rotors.

Anyhow. My Miata had no ABS and I preferred the feel of that, plus I was never scared that my brakes would fail on me. I want to disable ABS in a way that A: doesn't leave the ABS light on, and B: is revertable if I loan the car to someone. Anyone sell/posted a switchable ABS disable by chance that doesn't trigger the ABS light?

 

[kverges]

You can simply pull the pin on the Gauge connector - get the wiring diagram for the correct pin as I do not have it handy

 

[turbophil]

^+1

It's B3... Here are the rest: BOEFabrication.com | Beyond Original Equipment

Later,

Phil

 

[Noizemaker]

Does pulling B3 disable ABS as well as the light or is this just a way to stop the light teamed with the usual "unplug the ABS sensor" trick?

I'm trying to do this a bit cleaner, with idiotproofing as well. Would love to mount a small pushbutton by the odo reset to turn ABS on for those rare times, maybe it makes sense to just put a switch on the fuse and live with the ABS tell-tale for the sake of knowing what's up... hrm.

 

[R T]

Matt, has Antoine's Black Cloud attached itself to you? First the Duke of Hazard deal and now this!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, my car has the same ABS thing as well as the high speed deal (not sure they are unrelated).

 

[Noizemaker]

I think it has! I'm scared!

I do know how to drive, believe it or not... but i'm starting to doubt myself. Maybe I need STRMCLD or something. This is startin' to suck.