renault megane problems

In news: snipped-for-privacy@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, figuresk8 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk wittered on forthwith;

It's probably just a dodgy electrical sender somewhere, shouldn't be a huge issue to fix.

don't worry about the brakes failing, the only change will be that if you brake hard enough for the car to skid, it'll skid as you won't have ABS.

"Pete M" wrote in message news:crcSg.25251$ snipped-for-privacy@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

If it's old enough and due it will also fail an MOT.

Pete M ( snipped-for-privacy@bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Not *quite*... I've had an ABS sensor fail similarly - and until the ECU decides that the sensor's duff and turns ABS off, it will throw a total paranoia and activate at any braking, just like it sounds as if the OP's is doing.

This can, as I'm sure you imagine, be an issue.

I recall a visit to Shropshire - we stopped at the top of Long Mynd, to watch the gliding club for a bit. Got back in the car, started it up, headed off down the hill - narrow single track lane with a big wall on one side and a big... drop... on the other.

The ABS decided to play. At one stage we were accelerating reasonably quickly down the hill due to gravity with the ABS going pitty-patty-pitty- patty on the pedal...

Luckily it decided all of a sudden that the sensor was duff, the light came on, and we stopped. A large van coming the other way appeared round the next bend...

Got to love those renaults...

( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I don't recall whether the van was a Renault or not - it may well have been, but my car wasn't. The ABS system was Bosch...