Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:36:59 +0100 From: "Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos_removeme_nospamee.ac.uk> Subject: Re: rolling backwards braking oddity...04 9-3
Tex wrote: > I have a 2004 9-3 Aero. I've noticed an odd behaviour. It seems to only > happen when rolling backwards down an incline. When applying the brakes > during the roll, the car will jerk awkwardly (albeit intermittently). > > I thankfully don't do this often, but I have had to do it under certain > circumstances and it's very bizarre. Anyone else experience this? I can > imagine someone experiencing this who parks regularly on a hill or has an > inclined driveway. > > - tex > > Hi, As a complete guess, the brake pads are not evenly worn (say a bit more worn at the top of the pad than the bottom of the pad and/or the pads have a bit of play in the calipers and when the move into position (whilst reversing) they grip suddenly. Common problems with C900s which had those :-) brakes. Unless the problem goes away by replacing the pads with new (fuller) pads I would check it out further. Regards Charles -- Please remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/