Q for mechanical types
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:30 am
So I think I'm having some issues with my brakes. They stop the car as they should, but they're making a weird thumping noise.
The backstory: we were gone for about two weeks. While away, two big ice/snow storms apparently hit our area. When we returned to Green Car in the lot at the airport, there was a thumping noise when the brakes were applied. Everything looked ok, so we figured it must be some ice accumulated somewhere under the car. Probably true, as Green Car stopped thumping before we were even on the highway home.
The next day, we were out and about in town in Black Car. Same thumping noise that Green Car had made, so we assumed it was the same thing. Only Black Car's thumping never abated, but no time to check it out just yet. We left town again for another 6 days, and returned to find that Black Car is still making the thumping noise whenever the brake is applied.
So the thumping noises were identical, but obviously they must be from very different sources. Any thoughts as to what it may be? They are ABS brakes, and I'm not sure when they were last serviced (NN's car). This doesn't seem like an urgent problem, but NN is out of town until the 31st and I don't want to drive unnecessarily if it means that my brakes are about to crack up and fall off!
The backstory: we were gone for about two weeks. While away, two big ice/snow storms apparently hit our area. When we returned to Green Car in the lot at the airport, there was a thumping noise when the brakes were applied. Everything looked ok, so we figured it must be some ice accumulated somewhere under the car. Probably true, as Green Car stopped thumping before we were even on the highway home.
The next day, we were out and about in town in Black Car. Same thumping noise that Green Car had made, so we assumed it was the same thing. Only Black Car's thumping never abated, but no time to check it out just yet. We left town again for another 6 days, and returned to find that Black Car is still making the thumping noise whenever the brake is applied.
So the thumping noises were identical, but obviously they must be from very different sources. Any thoughts as to what it may be? They are ABS brakes, and I'm not sure when they were last serviced (NN's car). This doesn't seem like an urgent problem, but NN is out of town until the 31st and I don't want to drive unnecessarily if it means that my brakes are about to crack up and fall off!