What I said, was the power assisted brakes do not have sufficient 
hydraulic pressure > clamping force to the front calipers to skid the 
wheels on dry good friction pavement with modern tire tread material. If 
a wheel doesn't slide, then the ABS is not entering the picture. Yes 
this is the non-abs situation. I did check the electrical diagrams, and 
there is a wire going to the powertrain (engine & transmission) 
controller. Have no idea what that's doing, didn't get into the 
troubleshooting area of the manual.

Dumitru Stama wrote:
>> As for pulling the fuse, unless I'm missing something, the ABS is not
>> active until  there is differential rotation of a wheel, and then will
>> loosen the brake on the offending wheel. If the ABS is not active, then
>> it's straight hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder to the wheel
>> pistons, force on the master cylinder amplified by the vacuum booster.
>> Since unable to lock up or even slid any wheel, the ABS has no effect
>> and pulling the fuse won't help.
> 
> What do you mean ? If ABS is non-functional then you will have a classic
> braking system on your hands (or under your foot). Pulling out the fuse
> will deactivate ABS system and your wheels will lock under hard breaking.
> If the fuse controls something else besides ABS then it may be a little harder
> to choose the "pull out" option
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