All passenger cars equipped with ABS have four-wheel ABS. SUVs, trucks, and vans equipped with ABS may have either four-wheel or two-wheel ABS. Brakes may fail after being repaired or lack of it. Disc brakes on the front wheels of every new vehicle are significantly more effective, but drum braking systems still can fade and fail when hot. Also there are manufacture recalls for faulty brakes. These recalls happen after reports about bad braking systems which have leaded to serious injury or death!

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Parts of The Brake System That Can Fail:

• Caliper Assembly
• Outboard Piston Housing (Caliper Half or Caliper Casting)
• Inboard Piston Housing (Caliper Half or Caliper Casting)
• Internal Fluid Passages
• Piston Assembly
• Piston Seal
• Piston Boot (Dust Boot)
• Shoe and Lining Assembly
• Disc Brake Rotor

What causes disc brakes to drag? Several malfunctions are possible. On the floating caliper, single piston design, the most likely culprits are a build-up of dirt, corrosion, or loss of the protective lubrication on the guide pins, sleeves or ways. These cause the caliper to not fully retract when the brake pedal is released. A vehicle collision could happen.

However, certain malfunctions may cause a disc brake to drag. This drag will reduce mpg and result in premature brake pad and rotor wear. Disc brakes are used primarily on front wheels but are also used on the rear of some vehicles. It is critical for vehicle safety for disc brakes to operate properly!

ABS (Anti Blockier System) helps prevent a vehicle’s wheels from locking during “panic” braking, which allows the driver to maintain greater steering control as the vehicle is quickly slowed.

WARNING: ABS does not guarantee you will avoid a crash.

In fact, you still may lose control when driving at excessive speed or during extreme steering maneuvers. In vehicles with two-wheel ABS, the front wheels can still lock during hard or panic braking and this lockup can result in the loss of steering control.

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