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I've never had an EFI fail (knock on wood) but my main car right now has had a failed ABS for several years (too expensive to repair vs. value of the vehicle).
by throwawayboise 6y ago
I've never had an EFI fail (knock on wood) but my main car right now has had a failed ABS for several years (too expensive to repair vs. value of the vehicle).
- epanchin 6y agoor cheap, vs the cost of running someone down.
- sokoloff 6y agoABS does not significantly shorten stopping distances. It does provide improved steering control during brake applications that would otherwise exceed available traction, but I think it's extremely rare that ABS would be the difference between a pedestrian collision vs not. (They could just as easily choose a car that didn't have ABS as originally equipped and no one would say anything about the omission.)
- cnasc 6y ago> They could just as easily choose a car that didn't have ABS as originally equipped and no one would say anything about the omission. That’s the kind of failure case I wish fancy electronics had. Component breaks = now you’re driving a lower trim-level. As opposed to $5000 touchscreen module dies and now you can’t use the car.
- alliao 6y agoyou do realise the point of things breaking is so that people would be coerced to make a new purchase...
- _hyn3 6y agoIt does in skid conditions by detecting the slippage and releasing and reapplying the brake far faster than you could alone.
- h4waii 6y agoBeing able to control the vehicle during emergency braking would ostensibly allow you to steer around the obstacle or pedestrian prior to impact.
- myself248 6y agoIt's almost certainly a wheel sensor rather than the ABS module itself. They can be damaged during a brake job, etc.