I'm having a problem with my 2008 Lancer Evolution GSR. I was trying to back my car out of the garage this morning, but it wouldn't budge!

The engine sounds fine as I start it, it idles just over 1k. As I disengage the clutch, the RPMS drop, but the car just doesn't move. I've let up on the clutch to the point where the car starts stalling, but still no go. Same problem in first gear. It almost seems like the brakes were still on (my foot wasn't on the brake, and the parking break was disengaged).

The car was in my garage for about 3 days, and the temperature inside has been ~5-10 C (40 - 50F).

Help!

 

calipers locked to the rotors. Had this happen once. Did you wash the car before you parked it? Or was the car wet?

 

Yikes, yea I did wash it the last day I drove it.

I'm waiting for a tow to the dealership, is there any way to fix this without the tow?

Thanks.

 

What causes your calipers to be locked to the rotors?

 

water + cold = ice... nothing to worry about, you really calling a tow truck, likely he will brake them free just loading the car. Hell, get a hair drier out and heat up those discs, pads and calipers.

 

Spray some break/parts cleaner down into the caliper rotor area and see if that frees them up.

 

try backing it up with some more gas

 

I had this happen after washing the car. Wouldn't move in reverse, put it in first and gave it a little gas which freed it up.

 

Thanks for all the responses guys. The flatbed came and tugged the car free. Driving the car afterwards, there was a bit of a "pulsing" sound at low speeds, but that went away shortly.

The tower mentioned as some of you have, that giving it more gas would have freed the car.

I'm still confused as to what happened, it sounds like either the brakes froze or rusted on. Some of you responding are from pretty warm climates, so I'm guessing freezing wasn't the cause of your problems!

In any event, thanks again for all the responses!

 

it happens where i am too. 30 degC all year round. Usually after i wash the car/rim area. Also the disc turn a brownish color. Happens to most car. Bit of gas and it goes

 

wow that is some brutal climate you guys live in!

 

Water doesn't freeze at 40 to 50 degrees F.

Sounds like they rusted on.

 

The cold doesn't help matters but I've noticed that just wet rotors after a wash will rust the pads to the rotors over night requiring quite a bit of throttle to break loose. About 3 weeks ago I just rinsed the car off and by morning it about 15 F... well I almost had to do a stutter launch to break them loose and my 6 puck clutch didn't like that one bit. Mind you this was after I ran a hot water hose over all the brake discs to free up any ice!

I usually make a habbit of driving the car around the block to dry and clean up the rotors now because I'm sure I chewed a good 5k miles worth of wear on the clutch breaking it loose that one time.

 

You have to take into consideration the Canadian conversion factor for COLD, then you will see they froze a tad. LOL.

 

this happened to me a few times. after breaking freee you can hear the brakes scraping clean. :-/