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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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ABS line cut

Driving last night I hit some roadkill that I thought I had cleared, but hadn't. As a result it somehow torn the abs line from the bracket and sliced the line. The brakes worked ok for the rest of the trip home. My question is will the brakes work enough to drive the car or is in not drivable in this condition?
Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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Your brake line was damaged? If so, no, the car isn't really driveable (safely).

If it was just the ABS sensor on the hub, then there's no issues driving the car, you just won't have ABS (or TCS if you have it).
Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:15 AM
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No it was just the abs line, that has the white and black wires that was cut, the main brake lines appear to be fine.
Old Nov 4, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bulletspike
No it was just the abs line, that has the white and black wires that was cut, the main brake lines appear to be fine.
in that case, not much to worry as far as stopping goes, you can safelly get to you destination, but get it fixed so you can get the use of ABS and TCS back.
Old Nov 4, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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is your abs light on? get a new sensor from daveb. they are around $100 per sensor.
Old Nov 4, 2007 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bulletspike
The brakes worked ok for the rest of the trip home. My question is will the brakes work enough to drive the car or is in not drivable in this condition?
You answered your own question before you even asked it.
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