Brakes locking up
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Brakes locking up
1992 Ford F-150 5.0L automatic
first incident happened around the fall of last year, the brake light and the ABS light came on, I pulled it over and the back brakes were smoking. I shut it off, turned it back on, lights were off and stayed off, vehicle drove ok.
The brake light and the ABS will still come on now and then, but not every day, not every drive, just seems to do it when it's warm or been driven for a while, and not every time does the brakes seem to partially seize.
Coming down the interstate the other day, I noticed a shutter, kinda felt like maybe my front end was out, no brake lights or anything.
Next day, driving across town, vehicle is shuttering really bad, Brake light and ABS light came on, I pull it over, can smell the rear brakes, shut it off, leave it, turn it back on, get going, same thing over and over for a few times. Finally got it to a location out of traffic, left it for a while, came back, started up, no codes, drove it home, no shutter.
The shutter just started and isn't present all the time, for example, I drove it today, no problems, no brake light, no ABS light, no smell coming from the brakes, no shutter.
This is a secondary vehicle but being used as a daily driver right now until primary vehicle is fixed.
Where would be a good place to start looking?
first incident happened around the fall of last year, the brake light and the ABS light came on, I pulled it over and the back brakes were smoking. I shut it off, turned it back on, lights were off and stayed off, vehicle drove ok.
The brake light and the ABS will still come on now and then, but not every day, not every drive, just seems to do it when it's warm or been driven for a while, and not every time does the brakes seem to partially seize.
Coming down the interstate the other day, I noticed a shutter, kinda felt like maybe my front end was out, no brake lights or anything.
Next day, driving across town, vehicle is shuttering really bad, Brake light and ABS light came on, I pull it over, can smell the rear brakes, shut it off, leave it, turn it back on, get going, same thing over and over for a few times. Finally got it to a location out of traffic, left it for a while, came back, started up, no codes, drove it home, no shutter.
The shutter just started and isn't present all the time, for example, I drove it today, no problems, no brake light, no ABS light, no smell coming from the brakes, no shutter.
This is a secondary vehicle but being used as a daily driver right now until primary vehicle is fixed.
Where would be a good place to start looking?
Sounds like your back brakes might be toast. When was the last time you had them serviced ?
There may also be some issues with your emergency brake cables or on rare occasions, the rubber flex line can partially collapse - you can force fluid through to apply the brakes but they can't push the pressure back to release.
All in all, time for a brake job.
There may also be some issues with your emergency brake cables or on rare occasions, the rubber flex line can partially collapse - you can force fluid through to apply the brakes but they can't push the pressure back to release.
All in all, time for a brake job.
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I changed mine just because the old ones were rusty looking (but I do stuff like that).