Posted by bc on February 04, 2010 at 08:15:00 from (65.66.85.240):
In Reply to: Re: OT-brakes fail posted by JMOR on February 04, 2010 at 06:43:31:
Hi JMOR who wrote "When a man's foot hits the pedal, the brake should be applied NOW! No one second delay allowed!"
No where in my statement did I say anything about a one second delay.
All I can speak for is my Prius. At the "exact same time" I hit the brake pedal, the brakes are being applied. I can feel the brakes engaging when I hit the pedal. No delay on mine. No rationalization there, I'm speaking from actual experience. And I don't run red lights either, don't know where you got that from.
But apparently you so sound like you are speaking from experience so you must own a Prius and have experienced a one second delay between pressing the pedal and when the brakes engage. My advice to you then is that you should quit driving yours and get yours towed to the shop ASAP for repair.
I've had more problems with Ford, Chevy, and Pontiac anti-lock brakes than anything else. Nothing worse than driving on ice and snow when you can't trust what those anti-lock brakes are going to do. Nothing worse than letting off the gas to slow down a long time before a stop sign and then when applying the brakes they start stuttering so much you have no control over them. Before anti-lock brakes, most of us in snow country knew not to drive fast, to slow down long before a corner, and how to tap the brakes in a controlled stop.
On my 2000 ford f150, the factory didn't screw in one of the front caliper mounting bolts. So the caliper was shifting when applied. Found it out when the brakes failed prematurely (but after warranty) and the one pad was wore down on one end and not the other. But I fixed two birds there cause I must have not have matched up the magnet deal when I put the rotor on so the anti-lock brakes don't work on it now anyway.
I will say that I don't trust anything that has to do with steering, braking, transmission shifting, or the gas pedal that is electronically controlled by computer and not directly connected with linkage. I'd rather deal with bent linkage that crummy electrical computer parts that can fail at the drop of a hat or due to some electromagnetic interference. Unfortunately all the companies are using electrical computer stuff. I had a vcr that failed 1 day after the 90 day warranty. Probably lightning but I still don't want to trust my life to some electrical components but choices are limited.
All that said, my f150 has a throttle controlled by a cable. It sticks at idle and I have to pound the gas pedal to get it past the sticking point which isn't always so safe either cause it surges forward when I hit the gas. Sometime I need to lube the cable. Ford won't do it for free since it is out of warranty. Probably do that when I fix the broken exhaust manifold bolt that was a common problem with 5.4L engines. The last thing I'll fix is the intermittant odometer due to a bad solder joint on the instrument panels (another ford factory problem).
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