I've read in the forum of cars having little to no brakes after washing/really wet. Tonight I experienced it and it was scary. I live on a steep hill 10% grade. It is -2C and snowy, started down the hill and had no breaks, nothing. The road was snowy but I was not sliding. As this is going on a F150 truck is coming up the hill, it's a residential street, parked cars on both sides, I start laying on my horn to let him know he steps on it, to get by the parked cars I swerve to avoid rear-ending the parked truck on one side, clipping the bumper and then side swipe a car on the other side. I know, I should have pumped the brakes, but in the moment, I didn't think to do it. The truck I hit has no damage, not so lucky for my car, the other car was a glancing blow. I know the conditions were bad, but if I could have slowed downslide a little I feel like it could have been avoided.
Just wondering if others have had experiences with no brakes and sharing a warning, guess I need to pump the brakes multiple times before leaving the driveway. Love my car, but this was not fun.
Just wondering if others have had experiences with no brakes and sharing a warning, guess I need to pump the brakes multiple times before leaving the driveway. Love my car, but this was not fun.