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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Brakes pedal sometimes goes down halfway and sometimes responds right away 2004 Highlander | 27Relevance | 5 years ago | lyleyoh | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 2004 Toyota Highlander Base V6 134,000 miles. Had master cylinder and booster replaced (Advics Brand). brake cylinder replaced about 1 year ago and booster replaced about 1 month ago. brake pedal was going to floor so I had the brake cylinder replaced last year which fixed the problem for a little while. Problem came back about 10 - 12 months later and the brake pedal was spongy and soft so I replaced the brake booster which led to a shorter stopping distance and pedal was fine for a few days. Each time the brake fluid was flushed. Replaced front rotors and brake pads last year as well. There are no lights on at the dash. Now the problem is sometime the brakes respond right away and sometimes they will go down halfway or three-fourths of the way down, but most of the time it is halfway down before they will respond. I have to now push on the brake pedal slowly as well otherwise the car will bounce a little bit harder than normal and push me forward a little in the drivers seat a little bit. I replaced my suspension 2 years ago so that should not be the problem. Other noises it is making is when I am in reverse there is a noise coming from the drivers side wheel area after stepping on the brake. Sometimes can feel the brakes applying to hard as well. Sometimes there is a noise near the brake pedal after releasing it a little bit then pushing on them again when they act up. I dont know what is going on. Maybe a warped rotor? bad suspension? Defective master cylinder? Bad ABS? (that would be an expensive part). This is getting kind of tiring trying to figure this one out because if I take it to a mechanic they will just say they could not get the brakes to act up like they did at the dealership I took it too. Maybe I should take it to a brake specialist that only works on brakes but nowadays if it doesn't show up on the scan tool a lot of mechanics dont know what to do. | |||||
| Answer to: Escalade wheel lockup | 27Relevance | 6 years ago | heyinway | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| If it was one front wheel locking up...I'd suspect an internally failed brake hose. Especially due to its age and even more so if recent brake work was done. Twisting and kinking a brake hose can cause it to split internally and cause its inner part to act as a check valve...thus holding pressure. With both front brakes locking up and releasing...hydro-booster failure. Not repairable, has to be replaced as a unit. Can be tedious to bleed air with new installation. The following explains how to test: (Start at #5 for self applying brakes) Slow or incomplete pedal return: 1. Run pump at fast idle. 2. Pull the brake pedal rearward with approximately 10 lbs. force and release. Measure the distance to the floorboard. 3. Make 100-lb. brake application. Release brake pedal and measure distance to floorboard. The brake pedal should return to its normal position (step 2). If measurements are the same, go to step 5. 4. If the brake pedal does not return properly, check the pedal to be sure it is operating freely. Correct any sticking or binding as necessary. 5. If brakes are self applying and pedal is free, check for obstruction in the return line or a kinked connection between hydro-boost and pump reservoir. If obstruction or kink is found, go to step 6, otherwise go to step 7. 6. Remove obstruction or replace line as required. If condition remains, check for a damaged reaction end. If damaged the hydro-boost should be replaced or repaired. 7. If brake pedal is free of any binding conditions and return line is free of obstructions, remove the master cylinder cover. 8. Observe the brake fluid in the reservoir while rapidly depressing the brake pedal one inch. 9. Fluid surface should have some movement or spout in the forward reservoir section. Minor spouting may occur in the rearward reservoir. If no movement or spouting of fluid occurs in forward reservoir, the hydro-boost unit is defective and must be replaced or repaired. | |||||
| How to protect the automatic transmission while parking? | 23Relevance | 5 years ago | Goodvibes24 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty, is it true that if you are parking on a slight hill you should put your car in park and before you step off the brake put the parking brake on? Does this protect the transmission? 2016 Subaru Legacy 2.5 w/CVT transmission. Thank you! | |||||
| Answer to: Emergency Brake for protecting Transmission | 23Relevance | 2 years ago | Hixster | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It's a good concept/practice. By putting the parking brake on before shifting to park you remove pressure off the transmission's parking pawl. I've personally never heard of a (car or truck) transmission's parking pawl needing repair. It's bound to have happened though because when a parked car is rear-ended it could shear. | |||||
| Answer to: How do I set my park brake | 23Relevance | 5 years ago | Beetle Boys | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I always use the parking brake. I put it in neutral first, apply parking brake, release brake pedal, push brake pedal then put in park (OCD). I believe doing this is better for the car since it's not jerking back and forth when going from drive to park and using it often keeps it in better working condition. | |||||
| Stupid mistake i did while changing brakes | 22Relevance | 4 years ago | Bathla72 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello scotty & team, This was my first time changing brakes &rotors on an acura tl 2000.Parking brake was on the whole time now i realised my parking brake is not working because i took rotor out with force. what should i do to fix my parking brake now? thank you. | |||||
| Answer to: How should I park on a steep driveway? | 22Relevance | 5 years ago | theeel | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| If you back into the driveway, I would recommend putting your stick in the Reverse position. And set the parking brake. Sometimes they pop out of gear into Neutral so setting the parking brake is essential. And hope that your parking brake is in good working order. | |||||
| Brake master cylinder? or Brake Booster? | 27Relevance | 5 years ago | Xaviervon | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi Scotty!, I drive a 2016 Honda CRV, with 202,000 miles on it. I also drive it to rideshare A month ago my brake pedal gets harder sometimes, then turns back to normal then gets stiff again (vice versa). I sent it to my mechanic, then found that a hose connected the brake fluid reservoir was leaking. He decided to clamp the hose and also replaced the brake fluid reservoir cap since it was also loose. The remedy seems to not hold up Cause, a month later the brake pedal still has the problem but now gets stiffer than a month ago, and also when I press the brake pedal to stop, the car seems to lose power like its gonna stall. The brake pedal now also "hisses" (from the brake pedal NOT from the engine side), whenever I step on it when im at a stop. Should i replace the master cylinder? or the brake booster in this case? Thank you Mr. Scotty 🙂 | |||||
| Answer to: Perpetual stuck brake calliper in my Hummer | 26Relevance | 4 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Why did they replace the back calipers, when the tire that made a chirping noise was on the front axle? Did you think to check your parking brake cable? These don't sound like "top notch" places. A quality shop doesn't guess. They know, if they don't, they certainly don't guess and charge you for replacing things that didn't fix the problem. If it intermittently happens after you use your parking brake (you didn't specify under what conditions it still happens), your parking brake cable is starting to stick. Trace the cable under the truck and y ... | |||||
| Answer to: How do I set my park brake | 26Relevance | 6 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My ritual is different from all of yours. Stop the vehicle and keep foot on brake Shift transmission into N Apply parking brake Slowly let go of brake pedal and allow vehicle to settle Now shift into P And remember to always turn your wheels Facing uphill: with curb - turn towards middle of road without curb - turn towards side of road Facing downhill: towards side of road Some parking brakes are quite unreliable, and you don't want to rely only on transmission pawl. So if it's a very steep incline I will use chocks as well (which are permanentl ... | |||||
| 2015 Nissan rear brake pads replacement | 26Relevance | 10 months ago | Legendary1 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello, Recently was replacing rear disc brake pads in 2015 Nissan Rogue, 4cyl. fwd, around 76k miles, automatic. Rented a brake caliper compression tool from autoparts, accidently used the wrong adapter and ended up almost ripping a small piece of outer flexible rubber in a calipper in a brake caliper, was wondering if it is still okay to drive the way it is, please see attached picture. The vehicle started making a strange whistling noise from the same wheel when putting in reverse when applying a brake pedal, but when driving forward and applying a brake pedal doesn't make that noise. In your opinion is it possible that eventually the brake fluid will leak or is there also another barrier besides the outer flexible rubber that stops the brake fluid from leaking out. brake fluid is not leaking, I was told by auto parts that the caliper could fail on this affected wheel, my main concern is not to have any brake fluid leak later. Not sure how to attach picture 📸 if someone can tell me how. Any suggestions , advices will greatly appreciate it. Thank you. | |||||
| Answer to: 2020 RAV4 7000 miles buzzing noise | 22Relevance | 6 years ago | Figmund Sreud | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It’s your automatic parking brake! Have-a-look by the shifter, … there is a parking brake button. It has a red light on it. When you move shifter into park, does it light up red and you hear sound at the same time? If it does … it’s a sound of an electric motors (at left and right rear wheel) applying parking brake. You should also hear same sound when you shift out of park, …F.S. | |||||
| Answer to: How often should I use my emergency break? | 22Relevance | 6 years ago | billybob | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I always set the parking brake everytime I park. The only time I ever park without setting the parking brake is if the car is going to be sitting for an extended period of time, because then the parking brake can actually get stuck on. Otherwise I always use it. After all it is there for a reason. | |||||
| Answer to: Front wheel will turn forward but not in reverse? | 22Relevance | 5 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| That brake caliper may be bad. I know the parking brake mechanism in a drum brake will better resist forward rotation when it's stuck as opposed to reverse rotation. I noticed the parking brake in my 1999 Ranger wouldn't grab very well if the truck was facing uphill, but it would grab going downhill. The shoes and cable mechanism were shot. Try to carefully squeeze the pistons back into the housing as if you are doing a brake job. If they don't go back, the caliper needs to be replaced. | |||||
| Answer to: Parking brake broke | 22Relevance | 4 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| You should get it fixed. If you're parking on a steep incline that's putting a lot of strain on the parking pawl in the transmission. | |||||