ABS stalled engine?

[Hambone]

So I was coming home from a gig tonight... drove about 70 miles (according to my odometer that is 10ish % off, so really maybe 60 - 65 miles) and didn't get on it TOO much

Anyway, it had snowed at my house while I was gone, and right before I got to my driveway I decided to do a brake check and stomped on the brakes to see if the road was iced and/or if I could get her to skid. Instead, to my surprise, I got about 4 or 5 pulses from the ABS, and then the engine died.

This is the first time something like this has happened... I've had to engage the ABS system before but didn't experience any problems. I didn't check codes yet, since it was 4:30am when it happened and damn cold and dark outside - I'll check them when I get up tomorrow and update this with the results...

Has anyone had a similar problem? Any ideas on what could have caused it, or where I should start my investigation? My gut reaction is to think that it's an electrical issue, based on the fact that my car has some issues in the electrical system, but then again, I'll be the first to admit that I'm quite often completely wrong TIA for your input guys!

 

[james_9876]

Okay, sounds like it just happened ONCE right? If you don't get any codes out of her I would suggest doing some harsh testing on her. :evil2: Basically duplicate what you did last night, a hard stop in D. If it does it again.... kills the motor as it stops or whatnot, then try one more senario... ur, one more test.

Don't go too fast maybe 20mphish, Put the transmission into Neutral and do it again and see if you get the same result.

Just to simplify it and see if it's your Trans or like you said Electrical.

Later

 

[Hambone]

I finally got a chance to check for codes, and there weren't any...

Thanks for your response James... yes, it only happened once. I did what you suggested and tried to reproduce the problem, but wasn't able to under a variety of different circumstances (i.e. any excuse to drive the piss out of the car :evil2: )

At this point I'm just going to chalk it up to a fluke related to something electrical and only start worrying about it if it happens again...