# 2000 RAM 1500 ABS Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-ram-1500-abs-question/430149>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-ram-1500-abs-question/430149 "2007-12-16T01:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-ram-1500-abs-question/430149/1 "2007-12-16T01:06:05Z")

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So, you mechanic-types, here’s my deal:

My ABS doesn’t seem to be working. We have had a lot of ice and snow up here, and if I stomp on my brakes, I can get them to completely lock up, and no “pumping” occurs in the pedal. Is it possible my ABS is disabled? How can I verify if it has been disabled? Would the ABS light come on when the ABS is activated in a hard stop/skid?

I suspect it may be disabled because way back in mid-2000, about 6 months after I bought the pickup, the ABS light came on and stayed on. I took it to the dealer, and a couple of hours later they indicated it was “fixed.” I took it home and never looked back, but since then, I don’t recall that my ABS has ever worked. Is it possible the dealer simply disabled the ABS, and didn’t actually fix it?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-ram-1500-abs-question/430149/2 "2007-12-17T18:09:44Z")

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I’m going to bump this just once, on the off chance our mechanical-types were doing other things over the weekend…