Well as the title states my brakes have just failed, typically when approaching a speed bump slightly quicker than I perhaps should have been.
Pedal felt normal for a second then went completely soft and hit the floor.
I managed to slow down enough by a quick down shift and some good ol' "E Brake". Catastrophe avoided.
A quick road side inspection did not show any signs of fluid leaking onto our around the brakes but I did find a puddle on the ground after rolling backwards from where I had stopped the car and pumped the brakes. Perhaps from literally under the fluid bottle. I'm sure some hit the exhaust as a feint whiff of smoke drifted past the headlights.
Sound familiar to anyone?
Pedal felt normal for a second then went completely soft and hit the floor.
I managed to slow down enough by a quick down shift and some good ol' "E Brake". Catastrophe avoided.
A quick road side inspection did not show any signs of fluid leaking onto our around the brakes but I did find a puddle on the ground after rolling backwards from where I had stopped the car and pumped the brakes. Perhaps from literally under the fluid bottle. I'm sure some hit the exhaust as a feint whiff of smoke drifted past the headlights.
Sound familiar to anyone?
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