Welcome to all owners of Toyota Fortuner [ARCHIVED]

[vicoyski]

Toadstool,
I'll have mine installed today! Can't wait for the damn thing! Hindi na nga ako nag dadala ng CDs sa oto eh. PAra masanay na galing lahat ng sounds sa ipod =) Even bought my RCA yesterday para prepared when I go there. Hehehe.

Hmmm... Pa-install din kaya ako this weekend sa Maxx Energie? Kaya lang, wedding anniversary pala namin. Hehehe...

*jeyps11_c: Balita naman how long the installation takes.

[jeyps11_c]

Demnit!!! Walang mag iinstall kanina. So tomorrow na lang!
Sige Vicoyski update kita.

[konde]

96 pages na tong thread na to! wala pa rin fortuner ko! sana bago mag 100 pages makuha ko na. sabi kasi ng SA ko, by next week daw meron na! sana nga!

[vicoyski]

96 pages na tong thread na to! wala pa rin fortuner ko! sana bago mag 100 pages makuha ko na. sabi kasi ng SA ko, by next week daw meron na! sana nga!

Wow! Congrats in advance!

[franci_rod]

Mga sir, na-experience niyo na ba 'to sa mga Fortuner niyo...I was driving along Ayala tapos bigla nag yellow yung stop light, so mejo nag hard brake ako. While my foot was on the pedal, parang nakarinig ako ng mechanical sound coming from the brakes, tapos naramdamin ko rin sa brake pedals...parang nanginginig tapos parang may makakalas sa preno. Sabi nung kasama ko baka ABS daw yun...I'm not too sure. Di pa kasi ako nagkaroon ng oto na may ABS. Ganun ba talaga? Parang nakakatakot kasi yung tunog..kala mo may masisira na lang bigla. Need your expert advise! Help!

[jeanpierre]

Mga sir, na-experience niyo na ba 'to sa mga Fortuner niyo...I was driving along Ayala tapos bigla nag yellow yung stop light, so mejo nag hard brake ako. While my foot was on the pedal, parang nakarinig ako ng mechanical sound coming from the brakes, tapos naramdamin ko rin sa brake pedals...parang nanginginig tapos parang may makakalas sa preno. Sabi nung kasama ko baka ABS daw yun...I'm not too sure. Di pa kasi ako nagkaroon ng oto na may ABS. Ganun ba talaga? Parang nakakatakot kasi yung tunog..kala mo may masisira na lang bigla. Need your expert advise! Help!

Pagka may na observe ka na abnormal pag nag preno ka, better pa check mo kaagad sa kasa since di ba may posting na dito regarding sa Fortuner brake problems. IMO, I'll not wait for the other Fortuner owner's advise on this issue since it's a critical item at ikaw ang maapektuhan in case there is really a brake problem sa unit mo at di sila.

[vicoyski]

Mga sir, na-experience niyo na ba 'to sa mga Fortuner niyo...I was driving along Ayala tapos bigla nag yellow yung stop light, so mejo nag hard brake ako. While my foot was on the pedal, parang nakarinig ako ng mechanical sound coming from the brakes, tapos naramdamin ko rin sa brake pedals...parang nanginginig tapos parang may makakalas sa preno. Sabi nung kasama ko baka ABS daw yun...I'm not too sure. Di pa kasi ako nagkaroon ng oto na may ABS. Ganun ba talaga? Parang nakakatakot kasi yung tunog..kala mo may masisira na lang bigla. Need your expert advise! Help!

Harhar! Don't worry yourself over what you experienced... It is indeed the ABS. It works by engaging and releasing the brakes repeatedly at high speed intervals, to prevent them from locking-up. That's the reason why you feel as if you're running over painted speed bumps when you suddenly step on your brakes at high speed.

[toadstool]

*jeyps11_c: matutuwa ka jan for sure. hassle na mag-cd.

vicoyski: pakabit ka na. less than 10 minutes lang kinabit yung sakin. sanay na sanay sila magbukas. don't worry.

[jeanpierre]

Harhar! Don't worry yourself over what you experienced... It is indeed the ABS. It works by engaging and releasing the brakes repeatedly at high speed intervals, to prevent them from locking-up. That's the reason why you feel as if you're running over painted speed bumps when you suddenly step on your brakes at high speed.

Ganoon ba vicoysky Yong Sorento ko may ABS din, bakit di ko nararamdaman yong nanginginig ang pedal saka mechanical noise na sinasabi ni franci_rod pag nag hard brake ako? Naramdaman ko na pwede pa ring mag steer.

[attynorby]

Yep, it's the ABS doing its job! Nothing to worry.

[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.

[slamtaz]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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?

[vicoyski]

Yes... Thank God indeed for ABS! It can slightly lengthen your braking distance, but it helps you steer to avoid the obstruction in front of you...

[number001]

Toyota managed to sell 4,011 units of Fortuner in just seven months after its introduction last May'05.