Occasional “mushy” brakes.

OK, so I’ve had this happen twice now. The last time I had gotten off of work, drove less than a mile, came to a stop sign, applied brakes & it was like I slid maybe a couple of feet. Dry pavement, 50 Deg F. I do make sure I stop smoothly & in plenty of time, & I did this time as well, the brakes just felt funny. Now that I think about it, I do remember a couple of times when applying the brakes on dry ground, I heard what sounded like the ABS firing up. It’s only happened a couple of times, so I KNOW it wouldn’t happen if I took it in to the stealership. Anyone had this “hallucination”?

 

Yup. I have found that it goes away for ~2 weeks at a time if I pump my brakes until they are stiff while parked. I think this weekend I am going to bleed my brakes that should fix it.

 

It happened to me once when a person ran out in front of me. I was doing about 35mph and hat to step on the brakes pretty good. It was just the ABS kickin in I presumed. I didnt think to much of it after that and it hasnt happened since.

 

Mine does something similar, I've had the fluid replaced but still the same...IDK what the heck is going on... Dealer says its normall though.

 

I would try bleeding the brake to see if it helps.

 

Yea but... its a dodge;/

 

I'll try bleeding them this weekend. Although, I'd assume that if I did have air in the line, I'd have mushy brakes more often than I do. It's like a once in a couple weeks thing.

 

Does any one know when you should replace the front brake pads? Also what type of maintance does the rear drum brakes get? Thanks for the help.

 

You repace the pads when they wear out, it varies from person to person. Mine lasted until about 42k. They will start squeeking when it's time to change them. I usually don't wait that long though, i change them out when there's about 15% left. The rear drums need to be cleaned and manually adjusted every 5k.

 

I just replaced my brake lines with goodridge ss lines and man it's a huge difference. Check our my sig for the group buy, anyone who has done this will tell you it's worth every penny.

 

Look for a vacuum leak. Usually the booster acts up and makes the petal soft when a vacuum leak is present.