In our cars, is ABS disabled when you remove the tire spare or pull handbrake?

[Unregistered]

In most cases when you go up one click on cars and trucks, it turns off the day time running lights.

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[ryan roopnarine]

99 ford taurus manual specifically says that once the emergency brake is engaged, ABS is deactivated regardless of whether or not the light is on....i believe this is the case for several other ford vehicles.

[Bill R.]

abs by pulling the emergency brake up one or 2 clicks and driving for fifty feet or so, this was intended for circumstances where you don't want abs to function such as dirt roads, where you can actually stop quicker without abs
I don't know if honda still does this or not, but the bmw system doesn't work that way. Also anytime you put a smaller diameter space saver tire on the abs will automatically disable after you drive, it will detect the different rates of rotation on each wheel and trigger the abs fault right away..Unless you're space saver is pretty close to the same diameter.

99 ford taurus manual specifically says that once the emergency brake is engaged, ABS is deactivated regardless of whether or not the light is on....i believe this is the case for several other ford vehicles.