ABS SYSTEM FAILS ON PANIC STOPS. SUDDENLY APPLIED PEDAL PRESSEUR LOCKS BRAKE PEDAL AND PROVIDES LITTLE OR NO BRAKING FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THIS IS TYPICAL OF ALL ABS AND THAT I NEED TO TRAIN MYSELF NOT TO JAM THE BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY. VEHICLE WAS IN SHOP IN DEC. 1999 FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR AND BRAKES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CHECKED. NO CHECK WAS NOTED ON REPAIR ORDER, BUT SERVICE MANAGER ASSURED ME THAT THE MECHANIC HAD TEST DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS OK. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A RESULT OF ABS PUMP OVERREACTING TO SUDDENLY APPLIED PEDAL PRESSURE AND LOCKING THE PEDAL WITH BACK PRESSURE BEFORE BRAKING ACTUALLY STARTS. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKES SHOULD AT LEAST CHIRP THE TIRES FIRST. CURRENTLY VEHICLE IS UNDER REPAIR FROM ACCIDENT, BUT IT WILL BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP UPON COMPLETION OF THIS REPAIR.*AK