Timeline for I thought my brakes went out, but now I still don't know what caused my accident
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| Apr 18, 2017 at 12:41 | comment | added | raydowe | Do you know if the ABS activated, or if the brakes were doing anything? Did the car continue as if you weren't even pressing the pedal? Did you feel any pulsing through the pedal? Did the wheels lock up (even momentarily) or just continue on as normal? | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 3:03 | answer | added | George | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 7, 2016 at 1:03 | comment | added | atraudes | Two questions that immediately came to mind: what year/make/model car do you have and what did the pedal feel like (if you can remember)? If you do in fact have a car without ABS, pulsing the brake pedal is the right thing to do, though based on what your mechanic said, I'm guessing this isn't the case. As for the pedal, did it go straight to the floor with no resistance, was it extremely hard, did it pulse/vibrate? For that matter, did the car not slow down at all, or just not quickly enough? If the ABS did indeed kick in, you would have heard it; it makes a sort of thumping sound. | |
| Dec 5, 2016 at 1:43 | comment | added | PeteCon | My money would be on a Diesel spill on the road. Ignore friends who tell you to pulse (or cadence) brake - they obviously haven't driven anything built in the last 20 years. | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 22:33 | answer | added | dlu | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 21:59 | comment | added | Rory Alsop | Did you notice the vibration back through the pedal that ABS provides? | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 17:38 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/805466226663292928 | ||
| Dec 4, 2016 at 9:43 | answer | added | Steve Matthews | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 5:58 | answer | added | tlhIngan | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Dec 4, 2016 at 5:13 | history | asked | Bob Winkeez | CC BY-SA 3.0 |