Brakes failed at 70mph !

[Ang]

....ok ive changed my knickers and im now having a vodka and coke !

coming down a dual carriage way...brake for roundabout......well tried to...nothing happened....its amazing how much you can think of and how far you can travel in the space of what must only of been 2 seconds !

took my foot off and applied the brakes again immediately...pefectly fine !....this happened to anyone else ???......more than once ???...never happened to me before.

Only thing i can think of is that i had just driven through some sand....scattered on the road like they do after an accident......maybe that did something to the breaks....

 

[fUbAr]

i can imagine thats rather scary!

glad your ok tho

 

[Lunner]

driven through water?

 

[Ang]

nope...dry as a bone.....

had just done about 45 miles motorway driving...

thanks fubar

 

[Tom]

Its happened to me several times.

Change your pads asap, they are probably mashed.

Mine started to break up and at some points went all of a sudden.

 

[182 Spiced]

its happened to me too. I was in the wet though... reno garage said there were no problems - ive always found pressing the break a second time makes a difference

 

[Ang]

thanks Tom......ill get it looked at....hate taking my car to the bloody garage, but guess its better than embedding myself in a roundabout !!

 

[Nafoff]

foook...well glad your ok chap, get it sorted i would, better that then the alternative

 

[Jay@auto-mods]

what car was that??

glad your ok mate i can just feel what that must have been like....

 

[Matt@Stealthsport]

Ang if you want Ill take a look at your car on Wednesday night.....

Best if you take it to the dealer and get them to check it properly though.

 

[AliasOmega]

Mine did this tho it was front inital startup. Parked the car outside work all day, then came out to go home. Being a nob i pulled away and probably went too 40mph on this bit of airfield when coming to a T junction i put the brakes on nothing was there, or it felt like brake assist was not working, I could feel the brakes working but not was powerful as my foot was at the floor. I then started to pump the brakes and they worked. From now on when starting the car, i pump the brake pedal till im happy with the pressure.

Surface was dry, and a dry day so no idea. I could understand if i had released the pressure from the brake system by removing the servo cap to refil the bottle. But i did not.

Alias

 

[The Bear]

[ignore]oops![ignore]

 

[Ang]

thanks guys...

Jay...its a 182..

Matt...that would be great, if its not dark .....take it to a dealer are you kidding, id rather take it to kwit fit !! lol

Alias...thats wierd.....it was so quick i cant really remember how it felt other than they didnt work ..... has anyone had a look at them ?