Rear end twitchy under hard braking - Mk1 T-Sport - should I be concerned?

[Silver Yaris]

Hi all,

There have been a few times lately where I have had to brake hard, e.g. tractor in the road when I have come round a corner at say 50 mph and the back end has felt twitchy as if it is going to step out.

The car handles as normal with no knocking, crashing or banging & nothing was highlighted as worn at it's last service & MOT with Toyota in May 2018.

Is this normal behaviour for this car under hard braking as I know that it's very light or something that needs to be looked in to?

TIA for any responses.

[Colourd]

Sounds like weak rear shocks or tyre pressures

[Madasafish]

Youngest son had same: front tracking badly out. (he parked on kerbs)

[bathtub tom]

What tyres do you have fitted? Hopefully not Chinese ditchfinders.

[Silver Yaris]

53 minutes ago, bathtub tom said:

What tyres do you have fitted? Hopefully not Chinese ditchfinders.

Goodyear Energy tyres all round which have only done a few thousand miles at the most & give a good level of grip and the car is doing this in the dry.

Just wasn't sure if was an ABS fault, e.g. rear locking up when braking hard. 

[m456an]

I think an abs fault will cause a light to go on, I would check the state of rear tyres if they both have even wear and are the correct size.

But to check the rear springs you would have to jack up each rear tyre. It is the only way to check the rear springs are 100% OK.