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As far as I can see within the forum, people who experience brake problems seem to be mushy/soft brakes. I am frustratingly experiencing the opposite.
It started one day driving out on a country road and I wondered why the Element would not go into overdrive, then after a while it would struggle going over rises then it would not get out of second gear. I didn't need to apply the brakes to stop. The brakes had locked/binded up, at the time no matter what I did I could not release them. The brake pedal was very hard with no movement, apart from the normal pedal freeplay. The parking brake was not on. I had to leave the car overnight. The next day the brakes where fine, but as I as drove the pedal became increasingly harder. Upon arriving at home, the car would not creep forward while in Drive.
I have conducted the Functional Test and Leak Test as per the Service Manual, both are good. The manual mentioned with a hard pedal like that with the engine running it maybe the vacuum hose, so I replaced that; to no avail. The hose is on the correct way.
I did a brake fluid flush the other day, completely replacing the brake fluid which was already clean from November last year when I did a brake pad and rotor replacement on all wheels.
The weirdest thing is sometimes I can drive around for an hour or so and there are no problems. This morning the pedal started off hard. After driving for 5 minutes I could feel the brakes binding up, and the strangest thing is it starts with the front left brake.
Putting the car on stands, the front left and rear right have binder up the most, the front right and rear left are stiff but move.
What in the heck is going on!?:evil:
Even Mike Pruitt Honda's chief mechanic can't point to an exact cause and seems stumped.
I am not in a position to go ahead and willie nilly replace the master cylinder or brake booster.
Any help or advice will be very much appreciated.
It started one day driving out on a country road and I wondered why the Element would not go into overdrive, then after a while it would struggle going over rises then it would not get out of second gear. I didn't need to apply the brakes to stop. The brakes had locked/binded up, at the time no matter what I did I could not release them. The brake pedal was very hard with no movement, apart from the normal pedal freeplay. The parking brake was not on. I had to leave the car overnight. The next day the brakes where fine, but as I as drove the pedal became increasingly harder. Upon arriving at home, the car would not creep forward while in Drive.
I have conducted the Functional Test and Leak Test as per the Service Manual, both are good. The manual mentioned with a hard pedal like that with the engine running it maybe the vacuum hose, so I replaced that; to no avail. The hose is on the correct way.
I did a brake fluid flush the other day, completely replacing the brake fluid which was already clean from November last year when I did a brake pad and rotor replacement on all wheels.
The weirdest thing is sometimes I can drive around for an hour or so and there are no problems. This morning the pedal started off hard. After driving for 5 minutes I could feel the brakes binding up, and the strangest thing is it starts with the front left brake.
Putting the car on stands, the front left and rear right have binder up the most, the front right and rear left are stiff but move.
What in the heck is going on!?:evil:
Even Mike Pruitt Honda's chief mechanic can't point to an exact cause and seems stumped.
I am not in a position to go ahead and willie nilly replace the master cylinder or brake booster.
Any help or advice will be very much appreciated.