Is "stuck ABS solenoid" a dangerous situation?

[classic cars]

I was reading some old posts about the common "stuck ABS solenoid".
I had this happening to me a few times, and could always cure it by activating the system by means of some vigorous breaking.
But suddenly it dawned on me that when the solenoid valve is stuck, I might actually have one wheel simply...not breaknig.
As a matter of fact I seem to recall a serious loss of breaknig power when I last had the valve locked. Only at that time I did not linked the two facts together.
So my question to the more expert guys would be:
if a solenoid ABS valve is stuck, does that mean that that particular wheel will not break?
I like to drive my car in the mountains. Finding that I lost my breaks during a steep downhill is something I would not like to experience
But maybe the system is smarter than that, and overrides the open valve in some way that I ignore..

Thanks

Mike

 

[hlweyl]

Mike, the ABS system has a completely different fluid system as opposed to your regular brake fluid. So if the ABS system is leaking, valve stuck, or even completely shuts down, this does not affect your regular brake fluid. So my guess is that even if the ABS sytem fails, your brakes should still work fine, you just won't have the anti-lock function enabled.

Make sure to "exercise" the ABS system monthly and probably wouldn't hurt to flush the sytem if it's been a while.

Good luck

 

[jgtcnsx]

hlweyl is right it will just cut your abs but it will still break fine. no worries