Robert Kohlman
Registered User
Recently my 90 SC has developed a brake problem. The ABS Light and The Brake Light will come on and go off. Sometimes they will stay on for a while and other times for a short period of time.
This has been going on for a couple of weeks. I can usually hear and feel the brake pedal vibrating when the accumulator cycles. I haven't really noticed this too much lately. The brakes seem to go soft and then come back on. Sometimes they will work fine for an entire day and then back to the above symptoms.
I did notice that when the lights are on the ABS system does not work. I found this out in the snow and ice when I hit the brakes a couple of times. When the lights go out the ABS system works normally. Another thing that it is doing is that I have to press the brake much harder than normally when starting the car. Again, this does not happen all of the time but recently it seems more often than not. Another thing is that I thougt that I heard something buzzing before all of this started. I could not figure out exactly where it was coming from and it quit buzzing.
The brake resevoir is full of fluid to just above the full line.
Does anyone know where I should start? Is the accumulator going bad or is it possibly something else? I just don't know if the accumulator would cause the brakes to go that soft all of the sudden like they are losing all pressure.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Bob
This has been going on for a couple of weeks. I can usually hear and feel the brake pedal vibrating when the accumulator cycles. I haven't really noticed this too much lately. The brakes seem to go soft and then come back on. Sometimes they will work fine for an entire day and then back to the above symptoms.
I did notice that when the lights are on the ABS system does not work. I found this out in the snow and ice when I hit the brakes a couple of times. When the lights go out the ABS system works normally. Another thing that it is doing is that I have to press the brake much harder than normally when starting the car. Again, this does not happen all of the time but recently it seems more often than not. Another thing is that I thougt that I heard something buzzing before all of this started. I could not figure out exactly where it was coming from and it quit buzzing.
The brake resevoir is full of fluid to just above the full line.
Does anyone know where I should start? Is the accumulator going bad or is it possibly something else? I just don't know if the accumulator would cause the brakes to go that soft all of the sudden like they are losing all pressure.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Bob