I have stock breaks nothing fancy and stuff but latley my 1993 accord hasent been stopping like usual. I have to press the pedal in deeper to completly stop.

What do you thing it could be?

I heard of something cars being worthless because of a serious breaking problem.. i think they said something about phuking up your break resevior? what the hell is that?

 

your english is a little rough, but im guessing you could have a buncha air in the lines. Did you make any hard stops recently?

 

check your fluids.

 

sorry about the spelling i hav on a had cast and 2 bandaids on... sorta hard to tpe and not gonnda care abour a little misapelling never stop hard on my baby. this is my daily driver car. it has to take me to work and back every day and carry my family of 4. (i do have a ef as a project car though)
At a regular stop signs and traffic stopping i still have to press in deeper. what up with that? could it be my master cylinder, proprting valve?


oh yeah i also have abs, but that works fine and the ABS light isn't on or anything.


please help

 

braking fluids full in m/c
abs resivior full

 

what color is the brake fluid, if it is dirty have the fluid flushed. If the problem continues it could be the brake master cylinder. I would change the fluid, make sure it is bleed well (no air in brake lines), and if that dosent fix it.? Another problem could be the pads, take off the front wheel and look between the rotor and caliper, on the caliper side you will see a thin dirty metal shim, the backing plate for the brake pad, and the pad. If you dont have any brake pad left this could also be a problem. good luck

 

Bleed your brake fluid. If the problem is not resolved you have a bad master cylinder.

 

 

I have the same problem on my '96. I'm bleeding the fluid this Sat. and hopefully the problem will be gone.

One question for you. When you are stopped at a light or whatever, do you notice that the brake pedal will feel stiff and then fall to the floor? I had an EG Civic that that happened to. The pedal would be OK, and then all of a sudden it would fall to the floor. If this is happening to you, it is most definitly the master cylinder. They are pretty cheap to replace, so it's no biggie. My Civic cost $220 for parts and labor @ the mechanic I always go to. If you want to do the labor yourself, it will, of course, be much cheaper.