Possible locking breaks

[kyliemin]

Still smiling as only had the beast 5 weeks
but I have noticed what I think are breaks locking up.

Let me explain I only use the car at weekends so it
is stood most of the week, but when I start to move the
car after been stood, there is quite a noise from the front end.
It sounds like the brakes have locked, and the initial mvement frees
them.

No problem after that until the next week.

Has anyone else had this problem, and any suggestion
for a solution

Cheers

[obes]

They'll always do that mate. It's where it stands with the handbrake on when it's wet. One clunk and they're free, not a problem.
To stop it, don't put the handbrake on, just leave it in gear

[Biggriff]

As Obes says dont leave the handbrake on.

Quite often its simply moisture creating a surface rust issue on the disk that causes this. It's nowt to worry about.

[AMG Merc]

Yep common or TADS, as they say! Never apply the handbrake after washing (I never apply it at any time).

And that's "Brakes" mate

[steve1]

As has been said, just moisture on the disks, I once left my bmw in the garage for about a fortnight after washing it, when I came to move it, well you can imagine, when it finally decided to release it left half the pad material on the disk.
Somehow or other I got a new set of discs and pads under the warranty, don't ask, took a lot of dealing with the service people.
Just make sure the discs are nice and dry, if possible , before storing your car for any period of time, this should help, or at least move the car in the garage from time to time if it's going to be a long period.
You could always get a de-humidifier if your garage is not heated and gets damp, they are good at sucking the moisture out, and you can put them on a timer so as they're not running all the time, also ge tone that can be piped externally, so as you don't have to worry about emptying the tank every day.

Steve.

[Biggriff]

Dehumidifier definitely helps !

[V6GTO]

Mine was grabby this morning with no handbrake after only 4 days.

[kyliemin]

Cheers Guys

I must say thats quite a relief to hear.

I don't wanna have to be spending on it already.

Once again many many thanks

Edited by kyliemin on Tuesday 22 January 13:52

[DeanoM12]

V6GTO said:

Mine was grabby this morning with no handbrake after only 4 days.

mine does it too with no handbrake.....always the front passenger side that locks.

[snuffy]

DeanoM12 said:

V6GTO said:

Mine was grabby this morning with no handbrake after only 4 days.

mine does it too with no handbrake.....always the front passenger side that locks.

Mine too, but its better than leaving the handbrake on, that's much worse. Another thing I do is take if for a quick whizz after I've washed it to dry the disks off.

[AMG Merc]

snuffy said:

DeanoM12 said:

V6GTO said:

Mine was grabby this morning with no handbrake after only 4 days.

mine does it too with no handbrake.....always the front passenger side that locks.

Mine too, but its better than leaving the handbrake on, that's much worse. Another thing I do is take if for a quick whizz after I've washed it to dry the disks off.

Me too - sometimes my "just popping around the block to dry off the brakes" trips take an hour!

[worty]

I had the same problem last weekend but its 10x the problem when the car is parked on gravel!
Anyway 10 mins of a bit of ploughing sorted it out
worty