I had the 3 amigo lights on for a few months, but I couldn't realy afford to get it fixed.
last saturday, as I was pulling to a parking space I turn the wheel and brake at the same time, ( doing about 10 mph ?!!..) the ABS went off, the brake pedal got very, very hard, the truck didn't slow down, I went over the small curb and hit the car that was parked on the other side. I had a complete brake faillure.
in a way I'm lucky it happen at snail pace and not coming down Mt Charleston........

 

What year and model?

 

2001 Disco II , just turned 90K miles

 

Glad you did not gethurt.

 

I about put my 2000 disco II in a ditch two weeks ago with the same problem. When i hit the brakes they went stiff i pushed them with everything i had and they made a nasty grinding noise but it slowed me down enough to stay out of the ditch. It happened on ahard left turn. If you figure it out let me know. Glad you werent hurt.

 

For all those that fear this may be happen or will happen to them again, remeber the parking brake!!! Grab it and pull as it is independant of the abs system (mechanical).

 

but you know, something is not right, if the ABS is malfunctioning or not working at all it should NOT give you a brake failure. the brake should still be working 100%. only the ABS down.

I post this to the bike forum I participate a lot, and a guy who has an Avalanche had the exact same problem. ABS went off , brake pedal extrmely hard almost no brakes at all.

 

When did you guys fully flush your brake system, when not done, this is one of the biggest causes for ABS failure.

 

I replaced the brake fluid back in March.

 

My ABS light has been on since I bought the truck in July, but didnt think that something like this might be in my future. I guess that is something I need to get fixed.