I've been having some brake trouble, and I was hoping I could get some help here. Normally, when I brake, i get the slight vibration feel of the ABS system, and everything seems fine. However, recently, sometimes when I brake, the front end of my car goes into this jerky-ish vibration (nothing drastic) and i can hear a sort of grinding noise coming from the front of my car. Both the brake pedal and my steering wheel vibrate. It happens more often and more acutely when i step on the brakes harder. This is what it does now.

The first time it happened, I was trying to avoid an accident. The guy in front of me slammed on his brakes, forcing me to slam on mine. Instead of coming to a normal stop, it was terrible. JERK - drift - JERK - drift - JERK to a stop. I almost rear-ended the guy.

Any ideas?
Thanks, Mike

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nirvanakid26 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... Normally, when I brake, i get the slight vibration feel of the ABS system, and everything seems fine...</TD></TR></TABLE>That's not fine. It was probably never your ABS in the first place... Rotors are 'warped' or more likely imprinted unevenly with pad material. Now with the grinding sound your pads might be worn down. New pads, new rotors, clean up the calipers, make sure they work before you hit someone...

 

I agree. More than likely you just need a brake job. I would start with that first before messing with your ABS.

 

Alright, then, thats what i'll do. Thanks for the help