Might have been your salvation, but SOME of the Ziebart treatments just guaranteed the vehicle WOULD rust - by blocking drainage holes, and flaking loose after any damage, trapping moisture and salt between the ziebart film and the metal. Has a LOT of "Ziebart Initiated Rust Perforation " up here in those years.
In my case the PO would say, you were driving too fast to begin with. ;~( BUT it certainly would lessen the chance of being sued and or injuring some one else.
Exactly. Well, I don't know what makes them go off when they're not supposed to, and you're not sliding, some sort of problem with the sensors I reckon. You can hear the squeak when they go off on my truck, but what is more noticeable is your stopping distance is about doubled. In an emergency stop, you are toast.
If I ran into the back you, and killed myself, no one could ask me what happened. If I killed you, I could say it was my ABS systems fault, and if they checked them, they would probably be working again, as the problem is not constant, but intermittent. GM lawyers would be saying everyone blames the brakes, but it never is...
That didn't work any of the times I had the problem.
If you are aware that the ABS is flakey and you
Amen to that, but if it happens to you at higher speeds on dry pavement, you will know your life is in danger and take appropriate actions. My advice is to stop the car, pull the ABS fuse so they are completely disabled. You can have them fixed if you want, like I did 4 times, but the best thing I did was pull the fuse, and completely eliminate the problem.
Now all you need worry about is the brake lines rusting out, which you pretty much know they will sooner or later because they are made of cheap ass steel, so might be a good idea to replace them before that happens... Only costs around $700-1000 on my truck, far less than the price of a Saw Stop for the remote possibly you'll save a finger.
Well whomever is making those crap lines should be sued into oblivion.
My experience with rusted lines is only with GM products made since
2001. I'm the type that keeps my cars until they fall apart and are pretty much worthless. Never had a problem with brake lines until the 2001 GMC and a 2002 and a 2003 Chevy Cavalier. We had other GM products before 2001 that didn't have a problem with brake lines rusting out. No one in my family owns a GM product now, and never will.I might note that the outside of their cars no longer seem to easily rust out, and the exhaust system is stainless. I guess that stuff is a moving billboard of a rust bucket product.
So now, the bumpers rust from the inside out, brake lines rust and so on. Smooth move on their part. My bumper had a light touch of a rust spot on it, which I had planned to easily rub off with some polish... Nope, about all that was left of the bumper was a ultra thin layer of chrome, which looked pretty good to a pedestrian walking by.
Yes, I suspect that the ABS problem is mostly fixed. I am a bit shell shocked by it though, and don't think they should be on any car, and the safety crap is just that, crap. I have no problems or fear with the fuse pulled on my truck. Stops just like I expect at all times, other than when the brake lines rust apart. I should be good until 2022 if history repeats.
I had a bunch of people tell me that, and is the exact reason I didn't get my GMC pick up Z-Barted. Biggest mistake I ever made. My brother has a '95 Ford PU he had Z-barted and it looks brand new. One quarter panel rusts every other year, and the Z-bart guy fixes it free.
What really pisses me off is I really, really like my off road, 4 wheel drive, extended cab with towing package GMC truck. It's drive train is perfect, never had and engine or transmission problem. I put almost no miles on it now that I'm old, and would love to keep it the rest of my days. Not sure it will not turn into a pile of rust first. I can't justify buying another since I don't drive it much anymore, and won't likely be around anyway. The same truck today is around 50g's I think. Hard to decide, although I would likely will go with a good American truck, a Toyota...
Z-Bart of the '90s was much different than the Z-Bart of the '70s. It shouldn't be necessary for most vehicles (galvanized panels) but it wouldn't surprise me if GM cut corners.
I went with an F150 because it was at least $15K less than the competition and just a good, if not better. I don't live in rust country anymore so that wasn't an issue.
You arfe one of the lucky ones.
I'll keep soaking the bottom of my now 21 year old truck with oily rust protectants and see if I can get a couple hundred thousand more Kms on it before I croak. It will turn 350,000km within a week - definitely on this tank of gas. I'll likely end up replacing the "wife's car" one more time before we stop driving. It's 15 years old now and it won't be long before what needs fixing and what I'm willing to fix on it come to a convergence - likely another 3 years - 5 at the very best. When the truck finally dies we will be a one vehicle household.
And a Ram would have been about the same amount less than the F.
I call bullshit on that one. I haven't seen a new truck with a price tag of $10K for a *long* time. I wouldn't buy a Chrysler product if there were no other choice.
Your choice.
Based on the lowest cost full-sized 1/2 ton truck offering in Canadian prices in 2016 they rank like this: Dodge Ram $19995, F150 $19,999, Toyota Tundra 26750, GM $27207, and Nissan Titan $33898.
Dolled up, Titan $39898, Ram $42595, GM $43875, Tundra $53780, and F150, WAY up there at $68195.
That's all 2wd gasoline engine.
So not quite as much of a jump at base price, but on a medium priced version the Ford and GM get a LOT closer together, A mid range Ram is $31k-ish, GM is 35K-ish and Ford is $45k-ish.
I've had Dodge, GM and Ford - The only one I wouldn't buy is the GM.
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