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My experience with my 2WD Edge a daily driver for about a year is that the ABS seems to kick in easily, and when it does the brakes are mostly disabled. I'm trying to figure out first if this is just in my head - have others experienced this?
If it's not just my imagination, then why? This is mostly just low speed straight line braking. The tires were nearly new Wranglers and the brakes are good. I've been over the brakes, the pads/shoes are good and properly adjusted - at least most of the time. For a little while I thought the garage that did my inspection might have messed up the adjuster on a rear, and then I was not applying the parking brake hard enough to re-adjust them, but that was only a brief period.
I'm wondering if the single rear axle sensor amplifies the sensitivity and make it overreact? A truck with a light rear will be more likely to lock a rear brake, and with just one channel for sensing and control it has to deactivate the whole back end. That leaves the front to all the work, making it more likely to slide there, so it gets progressively worse.
If it could control each rear wheel separately, or if a driver just ignored one slightly slipping wheel it might be much less dramatic.
If it's not just my imagination, then why? This is mostly just low speed straight line braking. The tires were nearly new Wranglers and the brakes are good. I've been over the brakes, the pads/shoes are good and properly adjusted - at least most of the time. For a little while I thought the garage that did my inspection might have messed up the adjuster on a rear, and then I was not applying the parking brake hard enough to re-adjust them, but that was only a brief period.
I'm wondering if the single rear axle sensor amplifies the sensitivity and make it overreact? A truck with a light rear will be more likely to lock a rear brake, and with just one channel for sensing and control it has to deactivate the whole back end. That leaves the front to all the work, making it more likely to slide there, so it gets progressively worse.
If it could control each rear wheel separately, or if a driver just ignored one slightly slipping wheel it might be much less dramatic.