When it rains out my brakes get extremely sensitive, what can be the cause of this?

 

Maybe they get depressed on rainy days. Try talking to them nicely and avoid sensitive subjects.


A little more information from you would help. Do the brakes grab, wheel locks up, all the time, first few stops, etc?

 

My guess is that what you're actually experiencing is the tires losing traction. The tires lose traction and slip, and then the ABS kicks in if your model has ABS. It's quite possible that your brakes are working properly.

My guess is also that your tires either (a) are crappy (sorry, but some tires grip better than others), or (b) are quite worn, or most likely, (c) both.

When tires are new, they typically have around 10/32" of tread depth. They can legally be used until the tread depth is 2/32", at which time there are indicator bars molded into the tread that appear as "bald strips" flat across the width of the tread. The Tire Rack has conducted tests of stopping distances with worn tires, and they found that stopping distances are double with 2/32" of tread depth what they are with new tires, and that stopping distances are 50 percent longer with 4/32" of tread depth than with new tires.

This is why people often replace old tires with new tires and they think that the new type of tires is so much better than the old one, when in fact they are actually feeling the difference between a tire with worn tread depth, and one with full tread depth when new.

 

eh...my abs isnt kicking in and the tires are falken ziex with about 3k miles on them, so no. its just the pedel itself just much more touchy..like on a normal day with no rain i have to actually depress the pedal more than on a rainy day

 

Could be water affecting the friction properties of the pads. Might be the pads aren't floating freely on the pad retainer clips due to dirt and rust swelling up when wet.

 

i think i know what you are talking about. my brakes feel like they are stronger but i think its just because you are going slower because its raining. haha