I’m not sure how real this is, or if it’s quantifiable, but I seem to notice that more often than not the ABS light comes on in the morning. Basically it always comes on when leave for work, but in the evening, when I drive home it almost never comes on. How is that even remotely possible? I’m going to be changing my front brake pads tomorrow morning so I’ll take advantage of the downed car to clean the ABS sensors and check the electrical leads to them.

At first I didn’t believe that the ABS was truly deactivated when that light was on. An intentional “emergency” stop at a relatively slow speed proved me wrong….and left a cloud of smoke rising. Just to be clear, when the ABS light is on…THE ABS SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNTION! I find that to be truly disturbing and frankly unacceptable. Not having ABS is not an option. I’ve gotta fix this electrical gremlin.