when I press on the brakes , the car braley stops but then pedal keeps on going farther down and down as i have my foot on the pedal and then i let go and press on them agian for the car to stayed stopped....what do you think is the problem?


[Modified by CivicSiR94, 10:21 PM 3/17/2003]

 

anyone????

 

Your master cylender may be going out, have it checked ASAP.

 

sounds like the master cylinder to me, chk the obvious by looking at how much brack fluid is in the resiviour underneath the hood, if its low it is possible to get air in the lines and cause such a problem, if there is still plenty of fluid then it is probably the master cylinder

 

does the car shake when you depress the brake pedal hard? If so then you need to change your brake pads/rotors.

 

Sounds like air in your brake system. How long since you changed your brake fluid & bled the air out? Should be every 2 years.

Maybe the master cylinder is shot. Search... There's descriptions of symptoms for air vs. MC.

 

the car doesnt shake when i depress the brake pedal hard.. i just got the pads changed like a month and half goo..i checked the fluid and it was at the halfway point

 

then it is probably the master cylinder, should only be a couple hundred bucks to replace at the max, or if your handy do it yourself, its not too bad.

 

thanks for all the feedback!!! ..keep it coming though

 

Chalk another one up for bad master cylinder. Did this problem start fairly recently or after you had the brake work done?

 

This problem just started recently , i think that i started to notice it yesterday and its gettting worse

 

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to the top agian

 

Im voting for air in the brake fluid, bleed your brakes could be the problem and save you $$$, the same exact symptoom happened with all the older cars I restored super squishy pedal that keeps on giving...

 

how much you think this would cost???

 

All its gonna cost is replacing the brake fluid, you can do it yourself fairly easily you just need someone to pump the brake pdeal while you bleed...and the reason there would be air in there in the first place is because the mastercyliner IS leaking...so this would be a temporary fix...how long was the span of time it got bad in?

 

the span that it got bad in was like a day..

 

**** man sorry your gonna have to replace the master cylinder

 

**** ...taht really that sucks , but i am still gonna try to bleed it tomm and see if that works

 

 

how much does a master cylinder go for, about?

 

Im not sure....anybody?

 

Not sure what kind of car you have, but if you have an acura look over here: http://www.acuraautomotiveparts.org/ and if you have a honda here: http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com