Ethics Question, Removing ABS from a Street Boxster |
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Ethics Question, Removing ABS from a Street Boxster |
Series9 |
Oct 20 2011, 07:13 PM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
I have a Boxster customer with a brake problem. She's had the car for 140k miles and has taken it with her to Hawaii and back.
Late in August, she experienced a very strange brake failure about 50 yards from her driveway. The pedal went to the floor. She stopped with the parking brake. Immediately after stopping, the brakes worked normally again. She took the car to her old mechanic, who replaced the master cylinder. Last week, it happened again. This time, she was going 45 and had to swerve to miss traffic. She ended up in the grass, facing the other way by the time she stopped. Once again, the brakes were back immediately and she drove home. When she returned to her mechanic, he told her the car was a liability and said he couldn't help her any more. That's when she found me. There are no fault codes stored or active for the ABS and she is now afraid of the car. She wants to keep it, though. She's a school teacher who can't afford the $4000+ bill to replace the ABS (if that were to become necessary). We have discussed bypassing the ABS hydraulically, but I told her I have ethical questions I have to ponder before doing so. I would like your opinions, please. |
Mikey914 |
Oct 21 2011, 12:27 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,679 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Sounds like a sensor issue. It would not thow a code as it it working as designed. There is a short (probably in the front) the sensor indicates that a wheel has stopped moving and releases pressure to the brake system. Pretty much what happened. Maybe you can find the smoking gun. If the ABS system "failed" it should throw a code as most have some type of self diagnostic that will trip the light. Not that it couldn't fail, but not as likely as a short.
Hopefully an easy not too expensive fix. Other than that you can suggest the client could pull the fuse on thier own, knowing that it will dissable the ABS, but you would have to advise her that while is solves one problem it could create a greater one, and it's her decision. You may want to help, but as a professional you can't take on the liability. |
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