Abs Brake Fail Problems of Toyota 4Runner

Driving home and my brakes stopped working. I had my mechanic look at it and he said the abs module had failed. He said that only my front brakes are working. I feel very unsafe driving my car.

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Driving in rain on freeway connector road , 25 mph, required to use brakes due to another driver illegally swerving from slow lane of freeway adjacent to connector road, across two solid lines, in front of a car that hit their brakes, and was rear-ended by a second car, which was in front of me. I had plenty of distance to stop, but when I stepped on my brakes, they instantly locked up and my 4runner immediately began to slide. . . No control at all to slow down, and it felt like I actually increased speed. I know what abs feels like, and my brakes are new, installed in July 2012 at a Toyota dealer service dept. This abs system failed! no pulsating feeling, nothing but locked up brakes, which resulted in my hitting the car in front of me. The truck that made the change, and was almost 90 degrees to the lane we were in then took off. He was not hit, but I chased and caught him for chp. My 4runner is crushed because of an idiot, and the failure of my abs to properly function. I have been safely driving 44 years.

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Abs system failure: 2006 Toyota 4-runner limited. In Feb. 2009, I was driving on slippery road conditions, the abs system failed, my brakes locked, and the car sped up instead of slowing. I couldn't get the car to stop. Instead of hitting the line of cars in front of me I veered off the road through a snow bank. The car eventually stopped after traveling another ~100ft through 8" of snow. There were no injuries and no damage to the vehicle (car was drivable afterwards). The police did respond and a tow truck was needed to tow my car back onto the road. My original travel speed was ~ 40mph (before braking). I sped up after braking, but I am not certain of the speed when I hit the bank. Toyota ran a diagnostic and received several errors. The abs was not working properly. They said the problem may have related to a low battery I had 6-12 months earlier. The low battery somehow deactivated components of the abs. I had no idea this was even possible. If I would have known that a low or dead battery could result in abs failure I would have had the system checked immediately after the low battery incident. Toyota fixed the abs; however, I still continue to have occasional problems. For example, when the car is at rest, but not in park, it will sometimes lunge forward (nothing like you hear about on tv, but there is definitely some type of power surge), there is also an occasional buzzing noise from the master cylinder area when the brakes are depressed (even in park). Finally, I have driven several suvs and small trucks. I have never had a vehicle that will loose traction as easily as this vehicle looses traction. Something is definitely wrong. I plan to contact Toyota to have them look at the abs once again. I didn't realize that I was supposed to report these issues to the NHTSA or I would have reported the problem a year ago. Thanks for your time.

Ongoing problem with abs system failing to work properly,and will not work at all in wet weather. Vehicle been inspected on three occasions and repaired on one occasion ( replaced both front rotors and pads), problem still occuring. Help in this matter is needed.

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