Seamus McLaughlin
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Hello everyone, just moved from another forum and I'd like to ask a quick question.
Two weeks ago my brakes were perfect, and when applied about 2cm I had very firm braking. However, since then the weather has been terrible with snow and ice on the roads. Now that the roads have cleared again, I notice that my brakes are much less effective than before, and that I need to press about 5cm before any real firm braking occurs. And when pushed further, the brakes do work sufficiently, just nowhere near as well as they did before.
The only things popping into my head about why this could be is that perhaps during the snow/ice conditions the ABS was much more active and this could have damaged the braking system in some way? Or perhaps all the salt from gritted roads has built up on my disks and this is weakening the performance? I'm completely at a loss as to why my brakes have deteriorated so rapidly, and I was quite fond of having powerful brakes as it gave me a real sense of security.
11 months ago, Toyota fitted 3 new brake hoses, new rear disks, and new pads all round. My tyres have at least 5mm of tread on the front. 98 colorado, GXTD.
Two weeks ago my brakes were perfect, and when applied about 2cm I had very firm braking. However, since then the weather has been terrible with snow and ice on the roads. Now that the roads have cleared again, I notice that my brakes are much less effective than before, and that I need to press about 5cm before any real firm braking occurs. And when pushed further, the brakes do work sufficiently, just nowhere near as well as they did before.
The only things popping into my head about why this could be is that perhaps during the snow/ice conditions the ABS was much more active and this could have damaged the braking system in some way? Or perhaps all the salt from gritted roads has built up on my disks and this is weakening the performance? I'm completely at a loss as to why my brakes have deteriorated so rapidly, and I was quite fond of having powerful brakes as it gave me a real sense of security.
11 months ago, Toyota fitted 3 new brake hoses, new rear disks, and new pads all round. My tyres have at least 5mm of tread on the front. 98 colorado, GXTD.
