ABS Failure!
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Tourer
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From: Loudon TN. (30 miles from The Dragon)
This is beginning to make some sense. Yes its true if you pull the ABS fuse you will have normal brakes. But, keep in mind when you do this you are completely by-passing the ABS and it no longer has control of your braking. However, if your ABS is active and you have a "glitch" in the ABS itself the correct communication from ABS to your brakes could be compromised. If this is truly what has happened lets hope the odds of this type of failure is very low. Will keep you posted as i learn more.
Cruiser
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From: Territory of Tucson
Originally Posted by mccollde; If this is truly what has happened lets hope the [B
odds of this type of failure is very low[/B]. Will keep you posted as i learn more.
Millions of other vehicles have ABS and I would guess (and I stress guess) brake failure due to ABS not working is basically NONE. It's yours, mine, and everyone else with Harley ABS brakes lives at stake!! However, I'm hoping that this failure was due to a brake fluid problem rather than the ABS not working.
This is a problem that the dealer should get Harley involved with rather than them (the dealer) guessing what the the solution should be IMHO.
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Road Captain
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Seems like the service tech is just blaming that "new-fangled ABS system -- Y'know, too complicated to explain." Sounds like a pure mechanical/hydraulic failure. That's kinda like blaming EFI when your gas tank is empty.
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OP has addressed this in the thread
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