Grinding when almost at full stop

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Old 01-10-2018, 09:48 PM
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Grinding when almost at full stop

I can’t figure it out for the life of me, my brake pads have 70 if not more than 70% of life left. The Rotors aren’t scratched , when I break normal nothing happens it bstop normal but say when I get cut off or something I have to brake really quick when it’s coming to almost an end it grinds really bad and I feel like I lose breaking power. What could it be. Thanks in advance. I have a 99 f150 5.4l
 
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Old 01-10-2018, 11:00 PM
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Sounds like the ABS cutting in.
 
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Old 01-11-2018, 06:15 PM
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Sounds like the ABS cutting in.
Might sound like a dumb question but what does that mean, is my ABS bad or something? What can I do to fix it?
 
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Old 01-11-2018, 07:02 PM
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Might sound like a dumb question but what does that mean, is my ABS bad or something? What can I do to fix it?
Also I forgot to mention my abs light is not on nor do I have a code for it
 
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Old 01-11-2018, 11:58 PM
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It's NORMAL. That's how ABS works. Mine does exactly what you are saying when I jam on the brake pedal as hard as I can. Just happened to me the other day - some dingbat ran a red light as I was entering the intersection doing 20 mph. It stopped in time but it made a hell of a racket and the pedal went almost all the way to the floor.
 


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