[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by FM977

Am I the only one who has an issue with the anti-lock brakes twisting the car sideways on icy roads?

FM, I agree with Keith on this one.

What may be happening is the icy roads are causing the anti-lock brakes to activate and you may be feeling the pedal pulsing as it works. So you think the anti-lock function is causing the car to pull sideways.

It is far more likely that you have one defective brake on your car and possibly the bad egg is one of your front brakes. It could be a number of brake faults. The most common would be a warped disc causing cadence braking. It could also be a bad caliper, one [or more] of your calipers could be holding the brakes on.

Either of the above will cause a wheel to lock up, particularly in slippy conditions. The anti-lock brakes are trying to cope with the fault, not causing the fault.

Jack the car up and get somebody to lightly apply the brakes to see if one of your wheels is grabbing unevenly under brakes.

[be careful if your car is AWD, you don't want it to roll off the jacks or over somebody.]

Joe