Ethics Question, Removing ABS from a Street Boxster Options

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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.