The Chevy Tahoe ABS system is a most wondrous thing: it randomly selects vehicles and disables their ability to stop when the operator desires.
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The Chevy Tahoe ABS system is a most wondrous thing: it randomly selects vehicles and disables their ability to stop when the operator desires.
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I hope this doesn't happen on my ABS motorcycle.
That is some bad engineering, mine will not work in reverse, more bad engineering, though a little less important.
You solved the problem. Snow plowing and ABS don't work well together either. Car decides you braked too hard… solution… disable brakes! Brilliant! Anyone still think we're ready for driverless vehicles?
I hate ABS brakes… To remedy the two year problem I had with my ford van years ago, I just took the ABS computer out. Problem solved… Brakes worked fine.
It's probably the government you should be mat at and not GM.
Isn't ABS supposed to rapidly "pulse" the braking system until the vehicle comes to a stop?
Sue the manufacturer!
I'm a former amateur ice racer (three wins, three podiums) and formula car driver (one win and a bunch of top tens in FC, Skip Barber schools — the whole nine yards). My best results in Formula Ford occurred during driving rain storms! ABS and Traction control caused my first and so far only near panic behind the wheel of any car.
I was driving my friends late model V6 Camaro a couple of winters ago when a heavy snow started to fall. The car still had its extremely wide summer tires on it. I didn't know it, but the ABS and traction control systems were both on. It had gotten very slippery. I slowed to make a turn. The car refused. The brakes were doing nothing! I realized that it was the ABS system deciding it was a good day to crash. It got really confused and released the brakes, completely without warning. The owner was riding with me. I shouted: "ABS, ABS, turn it off NOW!" He did and I regained control. With it on, I would have gone through a small intersection, clouted the curb on the other side, and spun down the adjacent hillside street! It had the potential to be a fairly big accident.
Then I had to deal with some very steep hills. I learned that GM's solution to traction control is to throttle the motor down until the car "regains" traction! That is not what you need to do on ice or ice topped with snow. Luckily, I got my friend to turn that off in just the nick of time or we would have been stuck for hours in the middle of the main road out of Troy, NY. As it was, I had to dodge around three or four cars that were gracefully sliding back down the hill with the driven wheels slowly and ineffectively seeking traction.
If it wasn't for the race driving experience, I would not have known, nearly instantaneously, what the cause of the problems were and what to do to get the car back under control. Even so, we were less than a couple of seconds away from a potentially big crash. Most drivers would have trusted GM, the computer, the ABS and TC and crashed.
ABS and TC, as implemented by many car manufacturers, is hazardous, particularly in icy conditions.
Proper driver training and experience trumps the flawed technological fix employed in road cars, saves lives and prevents crashes. The Sports Car Club of America and other enthusiast organizations put on driver training clinics in both the summer and winter. Most of the instructors are experienced autocross or road racing drivers and know what they are doing. As an instructor, I saw hopelessly inept young drivers go from a pathetic and dangerous state of incompetence to being at least competent behind the wheel. A couple of my students developed real skill by the end of a single days clinic. My best student, a tiny teenage girl who in the morning was tentative behind the wheel and was clearly intimidated by the machine, showed real talent at the end of the day. I like to think we have saved lives by running these events. We don't teach these kids to race, we teach car control, braking techniques and good driving habits. We teach people how not to crash during every day driving.
BTW — pro tip: when driving an older car or driving one with ABS off in very slippery conditions, either depress the clutch or put the automatic transmission in neutral before applying the brakes. You will be able to steer and stop!
— Dave
Saddened to hear that it turns out you were involved in Heifergate.
Tone Ring Failure. i had it on my ford .. its a stainless cogged ring that goes around a steel shaft, the steel rusts and breaks the ring.. its a $10 fix if you can get all the bolts off.
There you go! A new spring project to keep you off the streets and out of trouble.
You simply need to train yourself to accelerate before braking.
Also stops you going INTO a skid on snow and ice. That and longer breaking distances at slow speeds in winter..
Strangely enough I blew a brake line on my Chevy Blazer this afternoon. Coincidence? I think not.
Pretty terrifying.
My buddy's Nissan Pathfinder did exactly the same thing. His solution was trade it.
I've heard of this fault before. Apparently the only fix for it is to stop being a regressive cuck, and stop talking like you're autistic. Give it a shot, see if it fixes your brakes.
i used to be a big fan of gm.but over my years as a mechanic i was watching them produce more and more garbage cars.this mus be something new that gm is doing because generally if an abs system is not working properly the computer shjould shut it down and brakes should work normally
i get it!
'A safety feature"
I am with you buddy… FMD!
SO WITH YOU!
However… when directing this insignificant video from nowhere i was reminded by the artist in question "Bernie, please make me look beautiful"
Maybe it's time to die…or maybe it's time to take risks…
(it's a metaphor dammit!)
https://youtu.be/g_021EdUyvk
Technology's great when it works.
G'day,
Ah, well, the rot set in when they permitted Cars to be built & sold which had Gearboxes controlled by an Oilpump, because the Oilpump had a better idea of which Gear the Vehicle should be in than the Nut behind the Wheel ; and the Oilpump could change Gears smoother & faster than the average Nut, as well.
The Frog-Eaters were demonstrating an Airbus Prototype on the Indian Subcontinent, when during a low slow pass at an Airshow the Pilot thought, "Merde ! Too slow.., Full Power — NOW !" and shoved the Throttles all the way forward in one desperate Gallic gambit to regain control…
But the Engine Management Computer saw his Throttle-Command & said, or words to the effect…; "Oh, look at that, the Monkey wants Full Throttle from Flight-Idle, instantly, and it could be delivered within 3.5 Seconds, too — but all the Metalurgists say that'd shorten the Time Between Overhauls, so to maximise Commercial Engine-Life the Monkey will get Full Thrust in 12.5 Seconds when the Donkeys have gently spooled up to flat Chat….
And 10 seconds after Fire-Walling the Throttles, at 85% power & rising, 6.5 seconds after the Engines COULD HAVE DELIVERED Full-Power ; the Airbus "mushed into" the Trees at the end of the Runway, 20 ft below the top of the Canopy…, and crashed in flames in the Pineforest Plantation.
So, prioritising theoretical Engine-Management Guidelines turned out to be a stupid bit of Software Arrogance.
ABS technology is yet another attempt to make Motor-Vehicles "Foolproof", whereas the driving force behind Evolution is to allow Fools to cull their own DNA..; therefore ABS Technology is a Fool's Errand.
Just(ifiably ?) sayin' ,
;-p
Ciao !
Gods!! What a wonderful feature. You're about to run over your cat, but you're not going fast enough, so the ABS system turns off your brakes. I do believe your "yank the fuse" approach should be universally followed by everyone, BEFORE the need arises!
In case of emergency, hand brake!
Does the vehicle not have a hand brake? I would think it would be better if the driver were able to ease off the brakes in a skid. This should be better than any computer if the driver knew what he or she was doing.
You are helplessly lost in a false reality that enables you to perpetuate purpose in your life. I believe you know this to be true in the depths of your consciousness and I genuinely pity your existence.
That's really odd. The ABS isn't supposed to kick in unless you're going above a certain speed (all wheels averaged). Even if one sensor says "0 mph", the other three should be enough to kick up the average above a certain point. I've seen skid marks from an ABS stop. You see a lot of "dashes" from the tires locking up and releasing. The last "dash" is longer than the rest because the speed was finally below a certain point and the ABS let the wheels remained locked.
Definitely get the car to a repair shop and have them check the braking system.
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thanks.