So i am driving to work and my ABS light comes on and i just kept driving telling myself great now i have to make an appointment at the dealership. so i look ahead and the stop light is yellow and is going to turn red any second. so as i gradully begin to press on the brake pedal i noticed i feel the ABS activating very lighlty. so i stop at the light and begin to realize how much this is going to cost. so light turns green and i'm on my way, about 2 miles up the road another light and the same thing it is going to turn red. so i apply the brakes and nothing is happening, i keep pumping the brakes and i'm not slowing down. after the fifth time i pump the brake finnaly the car comes to a skidding stop. so i pulled over and shut the car off and called a tow truck to bring my car to my local dealership. so i figured i needed to ask if anyone has any idea what this can be?

 

Crap that sounds really scary. I guess atleast you got some sort of warning to have you on the offensive. What year is your car??

 

What Year Maxima do you have?

 

could it be the pump?

 

You didn't pull on the e-brake? Damn. At the first sign of the brakes not sticking, I would've went for the-ebrake.

 

My thoughts exactly.......

 

weird.. abs light on but not brake light, and brakes fail.. abs is a whole different thing, probably a failing solenoid or what not, but brakes failing? thats crazy!! + even scarier!!! hope its covered

 

possibly abs got jacked and thought it should be working, but it also wasnt working because of something so it was gettin the fluid but not doing wat it should

 

yea i have no idea what it is, it is sitting at nissan right now. my car is a 2002 maxima se

 

wow.... that some scary $hit.......

 

Something similar happened with my Probe. As I was trying to slow down, the brakes would pump on dry pavement and the ABS light would come on. Stopping distances were greatly increased as a result. I ended up just pulling the ABS fuse and driving the car with regular brakes (non-ABS). The problem I was told is most likely a speed sensor failing or the ABS module itself failing (system things there is slipping and applies ABS "pumping" action even though it's not slipping therefore not needed).

 

well the car has been at nissan for a full day and they still have not taken a peek at the car. I curious to see if anyone new if i could pull the ABS Fuse and just disable it for the time being so i can atleast drive it?

 

Pulling the fuse will work. - ABS light and normal brakes. just no abs

 

Hmm. I would have put the car in neutral and pulled the ebrake. Actually, pulling the ebrake prevented me from hitting someone in the snow once. The woman just stopped in a minivan in the snow and I stepped on the brake and got nothing with the craptenzas. I pulled the ebrake and turned the wheel all the way to the left and the car spun sideways. When we finally stopped, my friend put the window down and couldn't fit his finger between my car and the van. The ebrake can definitely help when normal braking doesn't work.