Brakes not releasing

Lunar-Eclipse · 12-14-2013, 11:41 PM

So after poking at this problem for the last few hours I have determined that the brake booster is intermittently failing. Every 8-10 times I turn the car off/on the brakes work normally. The rest of the time the brakes clamp down after I push the pedal the second time. If I disconnect the vacuum line going into the top of the brake booster the brakes work correctly but I practically have to stand on them to get the car to stop. They're way too dangerous to get on the highway to drive to the dealer. So I'm going to see if they want to act normally when I start the car in the morning with the vacuum line connected. Otherwise I have to have the car towed to the dealer and shell out a few hundred dollars for a new booster plus labor.

Grrr... I was supposed to have my springs installed tomorrow. I guess that's not happening.

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12-14-2013, 11:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lunar-Eclipse Base Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 125 Drives: '10 40th Anniversary Rep Power: 14	So after poking at this problem for the last few hours I have determined that the brake booster is intermittently failing. Every 8-10 times I turn the car off/on the brakes work normally. The rest of the time the brakes clamp down after I push the pedal the second time. If I disconnect the vacuum line going into the top of the brake booster the brakes work correctly but I practically have to stand on them to get the car to stop. They're way too dangerous to get on the highway to drive to the dealer. So I'm going to see if they want to act normally when I start the car in the morning with the vacuum line connected. Otherwise I have to have the car towed to the dealer and shell out a few hundred dollars for a new booster plus labor. Grrr... I was supposed to have my springs installed tomorrow. I guess that's not happening.