ABS kicks in while cornering under normal conditions

DougSlug · Apr 21, 2014

edthefox5 said: ↑

I think you have a mechanical issue. If it was any of the above mentioned you would see a DTC on the dash. If ABS engages that throws an indicator too which says ABS in a circle momentarily. And not sure what ABS kicking in sounds like as it shouldn't really make any noise when engaging. Some Gen2 had an issue with it chirping. Required replacement of the abs actuator. Expensive. You say rattling though.

If you engaged ABS you would see that ABS alert popping up on the dash momentarily. This car is very fussy about ABS operation. Everything is monitored.

You don't drive the car that much so your rotors are probably really corroded. If very corroded that tends to make the pads glazed & loud and the brakes get really grabby especially after it rains. Take a look and see through the wheel spokes how bad the rotor is. The friction brakes don't do alot of work and after 7.5 years everything's probably getting really corroded under there.
Most likely the caliper pin slider grease has dried up and things are not functioning real good in the front anymore.
Because of it's age may be time to pull the calipers off, replace the pads, cut the rotors, have the pins greased, and the fluid flushed out.

Poor caliper grease can get expensive. The caliper gets hung up and won't retract and after a few miles of that the wheel gets so hot the tire will start smoking. Alot of car fires start that way. Happened to me once on a used car I had just bought. Tire was smoking real bad but didn't catch fire.

Is the car garaged?
And has it ever been in an accident?
And do you clean the brakes as in applying pressure to them while rolling in neutral periodically?
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So, Ed, this makes sense, but I'm not sure I understand the connection between the corroded brake components and the ABS activating while turning. Or are you suggesting that the noise I'm hearing is not the ABS, but something else instead?

Also, you say I don't drive the car that much--it's driven every day, but, yes, the mileage is low. Does that change your diagnosis at all? The car has never been garaged, so it has been exposed to weather in the Northeast US for over 8 years. No accidents.

I'll take a look, but I'm not super confident about what I'm looking at!

-Doug

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