A couple days ago, we were in a near collision when for some reason still unknown to me we had to come from 90kpm down to a full stop on the express way. I leave plenty of space when driving and was able to stop with about 0.5 car length to spare, but around 3 car including the one behind me
took to the shoulder since they could not stop without hitting the car in front of them.

Anyway, when braking hard we skidded about 1 car length (I think), and the ABS never engaged. This worries me. I have also had this experience while stopping hard at lights (when it turns amber) where I have slid a foot or so without the ABS engaging. I don't remember ever feeling the ABS engage.

Searching the forum seems to reveal a number of people complaining that the ABS engages too sensitively, but I seem to be having the opposite problem. I wanted to know other peoples experiences to determine if I need to have service look at it, or switch back to old school threshold braking when braking hard.

Thanks for the input.

Ian Harrower