2002 SUBARU IMPREZA — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

ON 2/4/02 I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT BEHIND TRAFFIC. WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN AT ALL. I IMMEDIATELY I GEARED DOWN GOING ABOUT 20MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AGAIN BUT NO REACTION. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 10MPH AND DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. IN OCT. 2001 I APPLIED THE BRAKES AT ABOUT 55MPH, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN, BUT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T EVEN SLOW DOWN. I CONTINUED TRYING THE BRAKES FOR AT LEAST 1 MILE DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE. FINALLY THE BRAKES STARTED TO WORK AND I CONTINUED ON MY WAY. IN DEC. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING, I STATED THIS INCIDENT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ISN'T SUPPOSED TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN THE CAR. FROM THAT POINT I DECIDED TO BRAKE THE CAR BY GEARING DOWN SO THE ABS BRAKES WOULD NEVER KICK IN. IN JAN. I APPLIED THE BRAKES ONE DAY TO TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND NOTHING NOT EVEN THE ABS. A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE HILL, THE BRAKES WORKED AND I STOPPED. IT WAS A LITTLE SLIPPERY THAT DAY SO I THOUGHT THE FAILURE TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP WAS RELATED TO THE ROAD CONDITIONS. THEN ON 2/4/02 THE BRAKES FAILED TO HAVE ANY REACTION ONCE AGAIN AND THIS TIME THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT. I DO NOT INTEND TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVED.