Front Abs kicking in after new rear tires installed

[2quick2020]

To be clear, you are on the brakes and ABS is kicking in, even if on the brakes in a slow corner?

No im not on the brakes at all just going into a curve and it kicks in

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[Patar]

What shows up flashing on the dash when this happens? VSC or ABS?

 

[jchadwell]

I may be wrong but I don’t believe it’s possible for ABS to kick in without actually pushing the brake pedal. The wheel speed sensor would also have to get a zero reading indicating a wheel is locking up. Sounds to me more like there’s enough difference in tire diameter between the front and rear to screw with the VSC. If the sensors are picking up that one axle is rotating faster than the other and the difference is significant enough the VSC will activate to try and correct what it sees as the car about to lose control.

 

[GRMan]

No im not on the brakes at all just going into a curve and it kicks in

What phenoma tells you it’s the ABS if your foot was not on the brake pedal at the time?

Soonds more like VSC was kicking in because your rear tires were not matching the vehicle dynamics the car had expected to receive from the sensors by a large margin so the VSC kicked in.

The culprit is pointing to your rear tires, not the front. The computer should relearn slowly so just put up with it for a while or simply change the rears to stock PSS

 

[kaj]

No im not on the brakes at all just going into a curve and it kicks in

ABS is brakes. You're talking about traction control. You gotta be correct describing the problem or our suggestions are gonna be all over the place but, most importantly, completely wrong.

TC kicks in with any tire when you give the car too much gas, especially on a turn.
If you have VSC on, it's extremely intrusive and will kick on with the slightest of encouragement.
Making sure tire pressures are right will keep the computer in car happier, also.

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