Has anyone had a problem when it snows or gets cold i think my brake pads are freezing to the rotor or the calipers are not releasing? I drop the E-brake and its like its still engaged. Has anything like this happened to anyone else?

 

Hello,

Its happened on my 98 gs-t. The e brake cable was kinked on the underside and on cold weather it would stick to the bracket holding the cable so the e-brake would not disengage. Solution? Keep it in gear and not use the e-brake or find a way to fix that line.

Hope this helps.

 

that will probably have to work for a while, I have a flat driveway so should be ok... didnt do this last winter... wonder what changed...

 

The way I found out was: I left it over night on a cold night. Then I tried to get the car moving while someone was looking at the car from the outside looking around at what wheel wasn't moving. The person told me the right rear wasn't moving but the other rear one was. Then, I looked on the underside of the car on a warmer day and noticed a major kink on the brake line going to the problematic wheel.

 

global cooling?

 

... on temps both the air and the rotors plus humidity makes a big difference. If you park the car with the brakes hot they will get condensation on the rotors as they cool.

 

My car does it all the time, I just put some pressure on the pedal and drive on it for a bit and it breaks loose. Just moving my car in the early morning, especially after last nights storm was like launching...

 

Every car I have ever owned with Disk rear brakes has had this problem... The solution is just not to use the parking brakes on snowy or really cold nights... It was 22 degrees here last night, and that kinda cold makes parts stiff... Cables get stiff, fluids get a little thicker, etc... Its just part of having a cold winter...

 

HAHAH hmmm..... not according to Al Gore... I mean the guy knows some things right??? he came up with the internet has HAS to know about climatic changes and temperature patterns they go hand in hand... LMAO

But anyway...

Well the brakes FINALLY broke loose the other day... But the anti lock brake light is back on.... NOW it SNOWED again and is cold as hell again...

I just went out and bought a new Jeep Grand Cherokee For the wife and family (just had a baby on the 20th of Dec).. Two days after my brakes froze! LOL.....
Yep brakes froze on 18th bought car on 19th and wife had a baby on the 20th... lol

Oh well gotta do what you gotta do...

Im gonna throw the Reader on tomorrow and see what kinda codes its throwing if any at all...