Subaru: MY02 WRX ABS Problems

Andrew wrote: 

Is this a new behavior that started after the dealer touched your brakes? Or
was the dealer trying to fix them?
Similar symptoms have been cronic with the new age WRX in the US since the
beginning.
Look in the discusion forums over at www.nasioc.com, you will find dozens of
items over the last 2.5 years. The latest "official" investigation results are
currently posted in the News & Rumors forum.
The ABS on mine seems a little oversensitive to me, but it's my first ABS
equipped car so I have no personal point of comparison. We have plenty of
"encumbered" roads in my part of the States. Most city streets in Seattle were
paved 50-100 years ago and haven't been properly rebuilt since.
After 44,+++ miles it's "normal" for me

No it wasn't after work had been performed on the car and I forgot to
mention it only effects the Front Right Hand Side only, its always going off
at a drop of a hat.

Anyway I will look into the forums you have pointed out to me and see what I
can find.


Thanks Kimball

Andrew


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You can work around that problem by braking hard before the bump, let the
brakes go then brake hard again. This is also leads to more ride comfort.


"Andrew" <andrewc#com.au> wrote in message
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I am talking about just 1-5 Kmph (mostly pulling into a car park etc..) not
even applying the break really just covering it.



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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 21:11:45 GMT, "Andrew"
<andrewc#com.au> wrote:
 

If that is true then there is something wrong with your car. Get it
fixed.

Most of the US complaints about over-sensitive abs are down the
heavy-footed driving. Unless the UK spec is dramatically different to
that in the rest of the world - and I don't believe it is - then you
have to really stamp on the pedal to make the abs work....even in icy
conditions. In fact, I'm always amazed at just how brutal you have to
be. Never made mine work by accident in, I suppose, getting on for 20
years of driving with abs-equipped cars - mostly Imprezas.

David Betts
org.uk

"Andrew" <andrewc#com.au> wrote in message news:<pBqob.172424$bigpond.net.au>... 

andrew,

it's the abs computer being over-aggressive.

there's some great threads about it on nasioc, as the other poster
suggested.

afaik, there's actually a NHTSA investigation going on right now.
some members have gotten questionairs in the mail.

do yourself a favor and pull the fuse when driving on gravel or snow.

jm2c
ken

Andrew wrote: 

Some people have reported a defective or loosely mounted ABS sensor, that sounds
more like your problem than the general "oversensetive ABS" issue that has been
debated.

David Betts wrote: 

The US WRX brakes are different (ie cheaper 2 piston calipers) from other
markets. So software programming and operation might vary noticably.