JEEPIN/J.S.A
09-05-2012, 07:59 PM
Help!!!! LOL. My brakes have been getting worse and worse over the past 3 weeks on my 99 civic. I checked the obvious first, pads and rotors, and both are in great shape I checked the fluid and it was a tad low(still above the low fluid line) but not bad, but the brake peddle is going farther and farther to the floor. For the last week my brake peddle has been almost touching the floor and I can no longer lock up the brakes.
Today my wife took the car and my brake light came on and now it barely stops at all (I mean the Flinstone's car stops better) I used the e-brake just to go around the block. I checked it when I got back and now it is low on fluid(really low) I dont see any leaks I crawled all over the car but I can't figure out where the brake fluid went. I'm not sure whats going on here. is the master cylinder bad? or should I be looking somewhere else. I think the reason It goes clear to the floor now is because the brakes need bled due to being out of fluid, but where is the fluid going?. I also noticed when I test drove it that what little it does grab is all on the passenger side as it pulls to that side and kind of rocks or bucks the car when you stop. could this mean that I have a problem on the drivers side verses the other? I'm going to bleed the brakes tonight or tommorrow but I still have an issue somewhere that I cant identify.
anybody know what or where I should be looking for a problem? all help is appreciated I'm confused enough as it is....
Today my wife took the car and my brake light came on and now it barely stops at all (I mean the Flinstone's car stops better) I used the e-brake just to go around the block. I checked it when I got back and now it is low on fluid(really low) I dont see any leaks I crawled all over the car but I can't figure out where the brake fluid went. I'm not sure whats going on here. is the master cylinder bad? or should I be looking somewhere else. I think the reason It goes clear to the floor now is because the brakes need bled due to being out of fluid, but where is the fluid going?. I also noticed when I test drove it that what little it does grab is all on the passenger side as it pulls to that side and kind of rocks or bucks the car when you stop. could this mean that I have a problem on the drivers side verses the other? I'm going to bleed the brakes tonight or tommorrow but I still have an issue somewhere that I cant identify.
anybody know what or where I should be looking for a problem? all help is appreciated I'm confused enough as it is....