Front Brakes Locked

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Went to back out of the garage this morning and the front brakes were locked. Had to apply major pressure for them to release, with a loud thunk. Anyone had this issue?

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[J_Maher_AMG]

Went to back out of the garage this morning and the front brakes were locked. Had to apply major pressure for them to release, with a loud thunk. Anyone had this issue?

Assuming you had washed the car, or had driven in the rain prior to the car being parked in the garage, it is the rotors binding to the calipers. After the vehicle is washed it should be driven even a short distance to get rid of the water on the rotors and help alleviate the binding.

 

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Many thanks Justin. I had washed it but drove it around 3miles before parking it. Very little braking though. I've had a lot of performance cars and never had this happen before. I almost thought the line lock had activated!

 

[J_Maher_AMG]

Many thanks Justin. I had washed it but drove it around 3miles before parking it. Very little braking though. I've had a lot of performance cars and never had this happen before. I almost thought the line lock had activated!

Bigger brakes/rotors = more area to bind

It can definitely be disconcerting; I let it happen a couple of times as well and felt like I nearly had to launch the car out of the garage :lol:

 

[Julio]

Happened to me a few times as well

 

[GT_Dave]

Happened to me once . . . . . I learned my lesson.

 

[TDC]

One of the many idiosyncrasies to owning this car. Others are long oil warm up time when ambient is cold, sequence of button pushes after startup to get to the mode you want, angled approaches to driveways so not to scrape the splitter and ingress/egress to avoid scratching cabin plastics with your feet.

 

[nastang87xx]

It can happen after a good rain too. It is what it is. No harm done really.

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