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Well... almost no brakes. I had a strange thing happen today. I got in and drove about 3 miles to my new house I'm building up a steep hill. Got there, parked and proceeded to do stuff inside. About 30 minutes later I had to run back into town, so I got in and started up as I always do, (with my foot on the brake pedal), put it into drive and immediately it started to roll forward... with my foot on the brake! This was more than a bit unnerving as my road immediately heads down a very steep gravel drive. All I could do to stop the car was engage the emergency brake and then put it back into park.
I noticed that my ABS light was flashing on the dash. So I carefully put it back into drive, took off the e-brake and again it was like I had no brakes... except that the ABS was pulsating whenever I just barely touched the brakes, and if I stomped the brake almost to the floor, then the car would come to a complete stop. But as soon as I eased off of the brake, again the ABS would pulsate, but not stop the car at all. The only way I could get the car to stop was to literally push the pedal all the way to the floor. So I VERY carefully got down my drive to level ground, turned the car completely off and tried to figure out what the heck was going on. After not finding anything obvious, I started the car again, and again had the same problem. Turned the car off and again tried to think about it. After about 15 minutes, I turned it back on, and now all seemed to be fine! I was able to drive back to town and all seemed to be well.
So what the heck was that all about? Has anyone else experienced anything like this? It was/is cold out (about -5 Fahrenheit with a -30 wind-chill), but it has been like this before with no issues. Let me know if you have any ideas and many thanks as always.
I noticed that my ABS light was flashing on the dash. So I carefully put it back into drive, took off the e-brake and again it was like I had no brakes... except that the ABS was pulsating whenever I just barely touched the brakes, and if I stomped the brake almost to the floor, then the car would come to a complete stop. But as soon as I eased off of the brake, again the ABS would pulsate, but not stop the car at all. The only way I could get the car to stop was to literally push the pedal all the way to the floor. So I VERY carefully got down my drive to level ground, turned the car completely off and tried to figure out what the heck was going on. After not finding anything obvious, I started the car again, and again had the same problem. Turned the car off and again tried to think about it. After about 15 minutes, I turned it back on, and now all seemed to be fine! I was able to drive back to town and all seemed to be well.
So what the heck was that all about? Has anyone else experienced anything like this? It was/is cold out (about -5 Fahrenheit with a -30 wind-chill), but it has been like this before with no issues. Let me know if you have any ideas and many thanks as always.