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My girlfriend has or I guess had a 91 900S. Today she was driving behind me and all of a sudden she started to fish tail violently. The car pulled hard left and then right and then back to the left harder, smacking her right into the concrete barrier in the middle of the road. The car was then reflected accross the slow lane and into and out of a ditch. Damn it was scary; sitting there in the car in front, watching as it happened. I was helpless. Luckily the car swurved across the lanes without hitting anyone else. Thank goodness. Also, the airbag seemed to have dampened the incident alittle since she walked away w/ only a few bruises.
My question is: What caused this? I'm very irate over the situation.
She said she only tapped the brake which then started a fish tail that she couldn't control. The brake wasn't even applied hard. She said it was just a gentle tap. She also said it felt like the brakes locked and the car started pulling left and right.
I've never seen this happen on normal brakes, so the only thing I could think of was the ABS system. I don't know very much about ABS brakes, but could there have been a problem with the system?
Under normal driving, the braking didn't pull. There was an incident in the past, during hard braking in traffic the car seemed to have pulled hard right and then left but went away. It never occured after that. That was under hard braking, I thought it could have been from one side having a worn pad.
Anyways, does anyone have any ideas what went wrong??? The car's front end is all banged up; the hood, front, and front rightside is ruined. Luckily she is ok, but for the incident to have occured from a gentle tap on the brake is unacceptable.
Thanx for listening and if you have any ideas, I really appreciate it.
NatB (ubipa)
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