Quote Originally Posted by mdwyer
I'd heard that some yards are hesitant to part with an important brake part for liability reasons. I personally haven't tried, yet.



Exact same situation for me. When I pulled away from the dealer, my ABS worked. But over the next few weeks, the light came on more and more. Now it is stuck on, and I've got the same $3k quote to fix it. I intend to use a scrap part "one of these days". In the meantime, I agree with you that the non-abs braking is really good! I was driving around a windy mountain road at 65mph and went though this whole process:

o What the *&%$ is that?
o Is that a deer?
o That IS a deer!
o I should probably stop.
o Please stop please stop please stop
o Uh... what are you lookin' at?!

I never locked up the brakes, but I swear I had the rear wheels off the ground. But I stopped with plenty of space left. And the stupid deer just stood there staring at me.

He was probably thinking, "Never seen one of these before..."

That is due to a very nicely designed apportioning valve. It determines, mechanicaly, how much pressure gets to each axle.