Disconnect 1999 F150 4x4 Abs - Ford Forums

captuper · 03-14-2007, 09:41

I Have A 1999 F150 4x4 That Has Given Me Abs Headaches For As Long As I Have Owned It. Can Someone Tell Me How To Disconnect The Abs And Just Go To Regular Brakes Use?? Can I Just Unplug The Abs Unit Under The Hood?? Or Just Pull The Fuses?? Or Both???? I Am Just About Ready To Put A Whole New Front End Brake System In Including Calipers, Rotors, Pads And Brake Hoses As Soon As The Parts Arrive Here. Also, Will Disconnecting Them Give Me A Warning Light On The Dash?? If So How Do I Turn It Off??

I Appreciate Any And All The Help You Guys Can Give Me On This!!!!

smallv · 04-17-2008, 23:51

Most vehicles have an ABS Relay located in the fuse box in the engine compartment. If you open up this box and read the legend you will likely find that one relay is labeled "ABS".

Remove the Relay and you should have normal non-ABS brakes. The ABS warning light will appear on your dash. Several other warning lights may also appear including the ever so descriptive "!". You will learn to ignore them.

I've removed the ABS relay on many different cars and the results have always been improved non-ABS brakes.

Still you are driving a Ford... so you never know. Just to be on the safe side, you might like to perform the procedure in an empty parking lot so that you can safely test your brakes immediately after.

I've read a lot about ford trucks spontaneously combusting because of the cruise control circuits overheating. Pulling the cruise control relay seems to prevent ford trucks from exploding. Pulling the ABS Relay should prevent you from driving into a playground.

I wonder how much safer a Ford would be if you just pulled out all the relays.

Joking aside, pulling the relay will likely give you wonderful normal brakes which in my opinion are always safer and preferable to driving a vehicle that makes arbitrary decision about whether or not you really need to stop.