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**OTEP** · January 15th, 2006 12:40 AM

jean,

ABS engages only during hardbraking and when loss of traction is detected. Otherwise, hard braking from high speeds alone will not engage it.

**slamtaz** · January 15th, 2006 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by OTEP

jean,

ABS engages only during hardbraking and when loss of traction is detected. Otherwise, hard braking from high speeds alone will not engage it.

yup, when you slam on the brake pedal real hard, there will be instances when loss of traction will result due to the sudden locking of the wheels and when this is just about to happen, the ABS kicks-in by repeatedly dis-engaging/engaging the brakes insanely fast, thus allowing you to steer the vehicle in the direction you desire.

under normal circumstances however and even during high speeds, the ABS is not activated when you don't slam the brake pedals hard enough & when the ABS system didn't detect loss of traction/locking wheels, thus only the regular brake system of the vehicle is being engaged.

**jeanpierre** · January 15th, 2006 08:01 AM

Thanks Otep and slamtaz. I'm just surprised kasi sa sabi ni franci_rod na ramdam daw nya nanginginig ang brake pedal nya pag nag hard brake. Nangyari na kasi sa akin minsa running at 85-90Km/hr biglang hard brake ako,smooth naman ang pedal though kung di ako nakapag steer, dali ang ride ko. Anyway baka iba nga ang Fortuner kasi disc/drum sya compare sa Sorento na disc/disc.

**andre** · January 15th, 2006 08:39 AM

Its the ABS brake, I experience that on my CRV when suddenly a bike just crossed my path, I was doing 60. I slammed the brake and the brake pedal suddenly vibrate.

**toadstool** · January 15th, 2006 10:35 AM

felt the same ABS vibration on both the fortuner and the sorrento. maybe your sorrento jean is exceptional

have your brakes checked bka hindi gumagana yung abs. or maybe your braking wasnt that hard, kaya hindi nag-activate yung abs. just a thought.

**herbularyo** · January 15th, 2006 10:35 AM

Sir,
Looks like your ABS is working. I have 2 cars with ABS (Pajero and Fortuner 4x2 DSL) ganon rin ang mangyayari pag nagsudden hard brake ka.

Dec23 bagong kuha ko yong Fortuner ko from the dealer at umaambon pa noon and I was driving at around 70-80KPH nang may biglang tumawid na matandang babae. I braked really hard and I felt the pedal pulsating. The nice thing about ABS was that I was still able to steer the vehicle away from the obstruction. Thanks God for ABS, kung wala yon baka na hit ko na yong matandang babae. Kinabukasan din nag-pa blessing ako sa sasakyan.

**bilog** · January 15th, 2006 11:04 AM

ganon talaga feeling ng abs... nung first time ko nakadrive with an abs corolla kala ko mahina ang preno and may pulsating feel sa pedals. sabi sa toyota ganun daw talaga ang abs. I also felt this on my fortuner...

**jeanpierre** · January 15th, 2006 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by toadstool

felt the same ABS vibration on both the fortuner and the sorrento. maybe your sorrento jean is exceptional

have your brakes checked bka hindi gumagana yung abs. or maybe your breaking wasnt that hard, kaya hindi nag-activate yung abs. just a thought.

toadstool, thanks sa suggestion mo. I'll have it checked by Wheels pag paservice ko this week. But tanong ko lang, di ba walang ABS yong local Sorento?