WormGod
03/19/2013, 07:12 AM
Been driving my VX the past couple of days since the STi is in the shop for some "fun stuff". Of course, having the ABS light staring back at me is nothing new. But what is new is the "BRAKE" light staring at me. It tends to go off after a while of driving, but it always seems to come back once I park and come back to it later.
I thought maybe it was a sticking emergency brake line, but I purposely stopped using the E brake when I was parked for a while. It just magically appears on start-up. So, not related.
Behind the wheel, it feels different than when it is NOT on. I get full time pulsating, much like the feel of ABS, but ALWAYS. Even just idle speed, the pulsating lurches the truck just a bit as it rolls along. And then there's the squeak. Clearly, there is contact occurring. When the light magically goes off, the pulsating goes away and the squeak with it. I also noticed this past winter, a heavy build up of brake dust on both front wheels. I mean HEAVY. More than my STi with it's Brembos. So, clearly, there is an ugly issue in the frontal system.
I have my 60K coming up in a couple hundred miles, so I am gonna have them disassemble the whole line, from ABS down to the pads. I am prepared to drop the $$ to get it corrected. I am too old and lazy to do anything myself anymore, so that's the price have to pay, heh.
I thought maybe it was a sticking emergency brake line, but I purposely stopped using the E brake when I was parked for a while. It just magically appears on start-up. So, not related.
Behind the wheel, it feels different than when it is NOT on. I get full time pulsating, much like the feel of ABS, but ALWAYS. Even just idle speed, the pulsating lurches the truck just a bit as it rolls along. And then there's the squeak. Clearly, there is contact occurring. When the light magically goes off, the pulsating goes away and the squeak with it. I also noticed this past winter, a heavy build up of brake dust on both front wheels. I mean HEAVY. More than my STi with it's Brembos. So, clearly, there is an ugly issue in the frontal system.
I have my 60K coming up in a couple hundred miles, so I am gonna have them disassemble the whole line, from ABS down to the pads. I am prepared to drop the $$ to get it corrected. I am too old and lazy to do anything myself anymore, so that's the price have to pay, heh.