Today while i was driving my brakes went on me. No warning or anything like that. There is no griding noise or leaks anywhere. My brake fluid s at perfect level and I never have had to fill it in the 2 years I have owned the car. I press my brake pedal all the way, and nothing. Scary. Lucky for me it was late and there wasn't a lot of people on the road when I went rite through a red light. So i throw the car in neutral and pull the ebrake to a stop. Eventually I got it home by the backroads. Any advice on what this can be ???

 

did you do any work to the car lately brake related?

 

nope. jus a cold air intake

 

it sounds like you have some air in the system but it would not just go out on you like that while driving

 

i know its wierd. do i fix that by bleeding the brakes ???

 

yes, did the pedal feel little at any point, not as hard to push before they went out

 

It sounds to me like the master cylinder has failed. If you have no fluid loss and the pedal goes to the floor then the most likely problem is the M/C. Nothing else will cause the "bypass" symptoms you describe

 

Yeah it was very easy to push in. And how much do master cylinders go for ?

 

you should be able to find one in the jy for ~$40

 

that crappened to me once, was pretty scary but I was in traffic going slow. I was still able to pump them a bit and they worked after. I bled my brakes after that, but it stll went to the floor slowly when hot. then I eventually changed the mc and that solved everything.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by barely4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should be able to find one in the jy for ~$40</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats not an item you want to buy used. get yourself a new one form autozone or advanced autoparts.

 

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I second exactly what he said!

Wes