The problem started with the brakes grinding while being applied. Seemingly no issues during turning, acceleration, or coasting. Then one day when getting back into the car it would no longer move. It has freedom to move a foot or two and then a horrible sound is audible with the car unable to move forward or backward. Whatever is locked up or blocking the movement is strong enough that even hitting the gas while in gear won't move it. Any idea what this could be? Please help ASAP as I need to get the car back on te road. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help...

 

Caliper melted to the rotor.

Good job btw.

 

How do you manage something like that? I knew a guy that did no maintenance on his car whatsoever. Oil, tune-ups, nothing. First brakes literally fall apart then engine seizes because he never added new or changed the oil.

 

Pull the wheel off, and un bolt the caliper, and start inspecting stuff.

 

what is the logic behind this?

my brakes, which only keep me safe and alive, are grinding.. but instead of servicing them i'll just buy more beer.

 

Funny you said that. The guy that I knew would hit the pub after work EVERY DAY.

 

lol, thought it was appropriate

 

I was too lazy to tell the whole story this morning before work when I created this topic, but now that I'm getting clowned left and right I suppose it's time, haha. I bought the car from my coworker's boyfriend a few days ago. He told me that he neglected to get the brakes serviced despite the grinding and then one day he walked back to his car and it wouldn't move. The car had to be towed. Now that I picked it up for cheap I'm left with diagnosing the issue and fixing it. Won't have time, or daylight, to work on the car until this weekend so I wanted to get some ideas from those more knowledgable than myself. Thanks for the melted caliper thought. I'll check it out. Anyone else agree or have another possible cause?

 

Yeah. How about take the wheels off and actually LOOK at the problem? It sounds like you're just standing there scratching your head.

 

this

 

Definitely not just sitting here scratching my head. Pay attention to the last part or my post for some clarity before popping off with the sarcasm. "Won't have time, or daylight, to work on the car until this weekend so I wanted to get some ideas from those more knowledgable than myself." I thought it would be good to have some ideas of possible problems to look for when I get to it this weekend. Thanks anyway...

 

So we are supposed to throw out all kinds of random guesses and waste a lot of time while doing so? That's not how you troubleshoot these things. Guessing games are wastes of time.

Maybe if you didn't have time to do anything until this weekend you should have waited to post this weekend? But wait. In the time you posted this and responded to this twice you could have halfway jacked up the car and took off the wheel. Hm. So don't hand me the "no time" excuse. 10 minutes and some pics from a camera phone is all it would have taken.

 

Got worn rotors?

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what the ****?

 

I am saddened by this thread.

 

Even for the uneducated folks i would have thought that the problem had something to do with the brakes would be common sense. Sounds like a stuck caliber piston or melted as stated above.