Never has worked honestly that I can remember. I just did a complete brake job this summer, Pads, rotors, calipers, shoes, wheel cyls, drums. It stops on a dime now when the roads are dry...but winter is coming, and I wish I could get the anti-lock working!!!

These trucks ALL have RAWL Standard right? Was it available with no sort of anti-lock at all? Maybe I dont even have the stupid thing?

When I start the truck I get ABS and Brake lights on momentarily but they then shut off after about 5 seconds, not sure if that has anything to do with it.

 

RAWL is standard, and 4 wheel ABS was an option. The ABS and Brake light coming on when you start is normal and it times out as system runs check on it. If lights go out then, you are good.

 

the rwal on dodge trucks is a joke. i think the big thing that really prevents you from noticing if the rwal actually working is the front brakes locking up.

 

It really is a poor design. The only way it engages is if the rear wheels are turning slower than the truck actual speed. Basically only when the rears lock up will it engage and that doesn't happen very often since the fronts do 80% of your braking. You can lock the fronts up and rwal won't kick in. So unless you have horrible brake bias or the rears are adjusted way too tight, it will never work. Bypassing it is probably the best idea.

 

I just drop a Shur Trax in the bed before the first snow and call it good. Anything that'll put 400-500 pounds in the bed will do -- I like the Shur Trax because it's got anchor points to keep it from becoming an instrument of death in the event of a wreck, and because it keeps me from having to actually move hundreds of pounds twice a year.

 

that sounds like a bad idea and waste of time and money. if the abs is pretty much doing nothing then what is the point in bypassing it? it looks better that it is hooked up even if it don't work. if i was considering buying a truck and saw something like that bypassed i would not even consider buying it. i could maybe understand bypassing it if it was going to be expensive to fix but the op is not having any rwal problems other than it feels like it is not working.

 

Ive often wondered the same thing. My rear brakes, whenever it rained outside or there is snow on the ground and you go to drive for the first time that day, the rear brakes are very sensitive until you drive for a few minutes. A lot of times one of my rear wheels lock up in the snow when I apply the brakes. Kind of annoying actually!