Brakes

[fadinglionhart]

I'm not sure whether it's my car's problem or if it's the road, but today while coming home, I was getting into the center lane to make a left turn when my brakes got this grinding noise and my brake pedal started vibrating. I thought it was the abs at first, but I don't think I saw any lights going off and I was going at a low speed. The noise and feeling of the brake pedal occured as I crossed the bumps on the road.

This has actually happened before several times in different places where I decelerated slowly but still got that grinding noise and shaking feeling in the pedal.

My question:
Is it just the abs kicking in cause I braked too hard or a pebble stuck in the brake pads or something wrong with the abs system?

thanks

[Peregrine]

could be time to replace the pads.

[HoRRo]

The noise and feeling of the brake pedal occured as I crossed the bumps on the road.

This has actually happened before several times in different places where I decelerated slowly but still got that grinding noise and shaking feeling in the pedal.

My question:
Is it just the abs kicking in cause I braked too hard or a pebble stuck in the brake pads or something wrong with the abs system?

thanks


If this only happens when going over bumpy/uneven road surfaces, I would say it's the ABS kicking in. I realized that the ABS in the TSX is damn sensitive, mine goes off a lot when braking over poor road conditions, even at slow speeds.

[Peregrine]

I haven't seen my ABS kick in once yet. And I remember someone complaining about its over-sensitivity. So if that's the case, you may want to have the dealer check it out.

[ebell]

I had the same concern on my brakes making noise/vibration. I asked the service department check the car but said everything was fine.

Last couple of months, I've noticed it only occured when I was going over a bump causing wheels to be lifted or on icy/snowy roads.
I concluded it was just ABS kicking in. I believe ABS sign does not come on unless there's something wrong with it.

I don't think there's anything to worry abuot.

[GeneralCho]

If it is the ABS kicking, you should feel the brake pedal vibrating and grinding feeling. It should be definitely noticable and no light comes ON. If it is only a slow constant vibrating and you can only feel it during low speeds, it may be that one of your rotors is warped.

[VorteC]

I've had my ABS work only on very few seperate occasions.. once it was rainy and I just saw a Stop sign when I was coming up to it and I decided to jam the brakes and the vibrating and grinding feel on the brake pedal made it obvious... and to my luck, a cop was there waiting for people to run stop signs..! The other time was when I was driving slowly on snowy icy roads, and the abs practically doesnt do much on those kinds of roads anyways.. better to use threshold braking

[fadinglionhart]

thanks guys. the car doesn't do that anymore, so I'm guessing that the problem's gone now. maybe it was just the wet ground and the rain.