l've activated ABS only once on my 91 350SDL - 'worked very nicely. Years ago at night in the rain, a car poulled out in front of me at an intersection where I had a green light. I stomped the brakes and held them; the system pulsed with a rapid DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT, etc., as I came to a smooth, straight ahead stop short of a collision. 'Saved bo'fus.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik & Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? > Far as I understand ABS systems is that it deactivates at slow > speed/zero speed, otherwise the system would always try and let the > wheels turn. > Further ABS systems have a self diagnostic function that switches the > systems off if any variation is detected, or in other words it works > 100% or not at all. > The only way I can think of, with my limited knowledge, for an ABS > system to produce rock hard brakes is that the system has opened the > brakes and is stuck there. I would expect that this would cause alarm > bells to go off in the diagnostic part. > I guess the way to determine if ABS is the problem is to deactivate it > and see if the problem persists but the wiser thing is to have the > system tested by a pro. > > Hendrik > with ABS in the TE, my first ABS car > > R A Bennell wrote: > > I did wonder about that as well but she did not mention any chattering or other indication of ABS malfunction. I > > suppose it could be related. I wonder how one tests for something like that? > > > > Randy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick W Moir > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:06 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? > > > > > > Randy, > > Mis-behaving ABS? My family has had some adventures with ABS > > weirdness., like sliding out into an intersection at low speed with > > rock-hard brakes = ripple-y road surface confused ABS. > > Fred Moir > > Lynn MA > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
