braking on ice

marriott30 · Post by **marriott30** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:54 pm

Went out tonight in the ice and found out when the car went into a skid the brake pedel was grinding and did not feel right, anyone had this problem.
Cheers Paul

Post by **Lyndon** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:58 pm

Went out tonight in the ice and found out when the car went into a skid the brake pedel was grinding and did not feel right, anyone had this problem.
Cheers Paul

the grinding was more than likely the abs kicking in, when it does the brake pedal does feel funny, it freaked me out the first time in snow last year

stephen T · Post by **stephen T** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:16 pm

its the abs mate. dont worry about it.

marriott30 · Post by **marriott30** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:19 pm

Think so it feels like someone is pushing the pedal back up but its not smooth, have had cars in the past with abs but nothing like this
cheers Paul

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:46 pm

That's what ABS does - it's done it on every car I've driven with ABS; Rovers, Vauxhalls, Peugeots.

The ABS system distributes the brake force between the wheels depending on which are about to lock. If there's too much brake pressure for it to distribute without a wheel locking, it has to reduce the pressure. It does this partly by shoving some back out of the system which results in the brake pedal being pushed back.

marriott30 · Post by **marriott30** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:56 pm

she wont be happy, we had a bmw before this I think it spoilt her

bergen · Post by **bergen** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 10:01 pm

Just take a trip to Norway in the winter.... my abs has worked so much the last weeks that my foot is still shaking

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 12:11 am

as everyone else said, its the ABS.

like lyndon i worried the first time it happened then i realised what it was.

a slight grinding noise is more welcome than crashing into a kerb

stephen T · Post by **stephen T** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:15 am

well drive so that u dont need the abs. :rolleyes:

Ben302 · Post by **Ben302** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:52 pm

In my 4 hour drive to Bexleyheath from Gillingham yesterday my ABS was working overtime and this morning when I started up I got an ABS Fault message on the display and my ABS light was on for a few mins then everything went back to normal.

gflumpfish · Post by **gflumpfish** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:16 pm

ive only ever used my abs in the snow and shes had a few rough drives in her time trust me