ABS DIY?

[yarisitis]

I bought my car used, how am I able to tell if my car has ABS?

[Lewis]

Originally Posted by yarisitis

I bought my car used, how am I able to tell if my car has ABS?

You drive to the edge of the Grand Canyon and lay down about 2 tons of axel grease along the lip. Drive approximately 1/4 mile away from the lip, turn around and head back towards the lip at a 90 degree angle doing about 80 miles per hour exactly at the spot where the grease was spread- you then hit the brakes very very hard right before you reach the lip.

If you can stop successfully before plunging to your gruesome death you probably have ABS!

This is referred to by technicians as testing ABS- "the hard way or sometimes the Thelma and Louise test",

Hope this helps.......or alternatively you can try what technicians call "the easy way" by looking at your instrument cluster to see if it houses an ABS light!

[Yaris Hilton]

Here's an interesting starting point:
http://www.abs-education.org/faqs/faqindex.htm