Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
Also check your owner's manual or with your mechanic. The GMs I've been driving since the mid 80's have all had dual master cylinders (the thing-ma-bob that stores brake fluid.) So if I have a brake line cut or blow out on me, I would have 2 more chances to use the opposite brakes (front or rear depending on what gets cut) before completely losing brake pressure. But you would also have to recognize it; most common symptom is the brakes being very squishy or the pedal going almost all the way to the floor.
|
I had my brakes go once just like that - they worked the first two times I used 'em, but after that it was pedal all the way to the floor. Of course it happened one day when I was working a 6 AM shift, so I didn't clue in to the brakes being reeeeeeaaaaaaalllll soft as I was in zombie mode; on the plus side it was 5:50 AM, so there wasn't any traffic when I sailed thru a red light, and it did wake me right the fata up.
It's an extremely strange feeling to be in control of a car that works fine except that you can't stop it. Luckily I was going slightly uphill and I guided the car around a corner and used the emergency to stop, but for a minute there I was freakin' out pretty bad.