After highway driving, my car's brake pedal is very stiff and I can feel that the brakes are still engaged...

Question

It seems to happen after highway driving and I'm back local. The brakes are clearly still gripping. It is a stick shift car and when I'm going between stop signs with the clutch disengaged, I can feel the brakes slowing the car. Additionally, when stopped after, I can smell around the tires and tell that the brakes have been heavily used. At the same time this happens, as can be expected the power steering gets stiff. I have flush/filled the brake fluid in the front two lines, but not all four. If needed I can flush all of them. Any advice on where to look?

Answer 1

What is going on is that the brake caliper is sticking causing the pads to stay engaged and this is what you are smelling.

If one caliper is bad make sure that they replace both of them as a pair because the other one will go out, also have the rotors machined and the pads replaced as well.

Answer 2

You can look in the yellow pages for a Mechanics help.  They offer free inspection

Answer 3

look at your calipers they are most likely hanging up on the rotors might be a bad caliper piston have you noticed any brake fluid loss

Answer 4

Bleed the brakes.  This may take 2 people.

Answer 5

Sounds like a frozen brake calliper. Take it to the shop and have them look at it. Or replace it yourself, it's not too difficult if you understand how brakes work. Also, check your emergency brake. It may be stuck or maybe your emergency brake needs adjusted.

Answer 6

have your brakes inspected, most places will do it for free. after they look at it they'll tell you what's going on and give you a quote, if you can fix it yourself fix it yourself, if you can't then at least you now know what you'll need to have done to fix it, or how much it will cost.

Answer 7

the break cylinder /calipers  will have to be changed..  ASAP...

Answer 8

i hope you don't have your emergency brake on.

Answer 9

take it in to get it fixs