ABS Not Working- Follow Up

I Posted a question a few days ago about the ABS brakes and the dash brake/abs lights not working in my Sunfire a few days ago and got several helpful responses. I like to get a little more information. I took the car to my mechanic yesterday. He hooked it up to his computer and according to the computer there is power going to the ABS silnoid(?), but not out of it. He checked all the sensors and all are fine. He the thinks the silnoid may be stuck open, he said the computer shows that the dash abs/brake lights sould be on which means either the bulbs were pulled or are burnt out. He has a few more things to check, but said if its the silnoid its around 1000.00 to replace. Is this price in the balll park? Any other thing I could suggest he check? Thanks John

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John
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bah, you don't need ABS.

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Paradox

Sounds like you were taken by whomever sold you the car. I'd go after them, since the ABS system is part of the brake system

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clevere

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Marky

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Obviously, if a vehicle was not manufactured with ABS, an insurance company will not refuse otherwise entitled compensation on that note alone. But on cars so equipped, disabling it is a good way to get in trouble if one should be involved in an accident. And it's not just

*his* life, as you state; if he hits your wife and kills her, maybe then you would wish you hadn't advised he disable a safety feature. It takes an effort for a driver to become accustomed to ABS brakes and many don't like them, I understand; I don't like them either, and I don't own a car ever available with the system. But the feature *does* decrease stopping distances, and that translates to a reduction in collisions. Not to insult anyone here, but the sad fact of the matter is most drivers just panic and swerve/jam the brakes to the floor at any emergency situation. Sorry to be the asshole.

Mark

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Marky

Paradox wrote : Bah you don't need ABS

Five years in here & the boy finally says something I agree with.

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Harry Face

Case in point (mine). If you disable the ABS "safety feature" and are then involved in an accident, whether you are at fault or not, the insurance company will deem it a contributory factor and refuse to pay part, if not all, of the damages.

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kato

Question: how did the insurance company find out that you disabled the ABS? I'm guessing your car was totalled and they actually examined the car and discovered this? And how were they able to tell that it was intentional, rather than, say, a cable coming loose with the force of the impact?

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Isaiah Beard

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