Soft brake pedal after driving through puddle
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Soft brake pedal after driving through puddle
I am assuming that what I am feeling is due to wet rotors and pads, but after driving through a deeper puddle than I would have liked to, I had to really stomp on the brakes to get the car to stop. The pedal felt really soft and unresponsive. Has anyone else experienced this?
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I am assuming that what I am feeling is due to wet rotors and pads, but after driving through a deeper puddle than I would have liked to, I had to really stomp on the brakes to get the car to stop. The pedal felt really soft and unresponsive. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Originally Posted by Dogbreath!
I've noticed that in heavy rain, the brakes don't work as well at first, but keep pushing and they still there.
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So the rain has been relentless and I just left my office and had to immediately drive through a deep puddle to exit the parking lot. Again the brakes are mostly useless at the usual grab point so I stomp on them and the car eventually stops. After building up some speed, I continue to warm them up by doing some more braking. They come back to normal after about 5 medium/ hard brake applications. I takes a fair amount of time to dry these brakes out. Strange.
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It's usually not a problem if the brakes have been previously warmed up during a drive. It will be most noticeable if you are coming straight out of the gate and the rotors are still at ambient temp.
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Or if you've been driving for some time on the highway w/o using the brakes. That's when I've most noticed it. Even then they work fine, just takes more pedal.
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This was my first experience with the slippery brake feeling. In reality, the car does stop, you just really need to hammer down on the whoa pedal. The feeling was the same after just taking off and then trying to use the brakes. The car does stop, but you really need to press down to get the same result. Also, there is a loss of "bite" that the brakes normally have. The brake bite is completely gone when they are wet and cool.
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