bigbot
03-19-2010, 08:08 AM
Hey All,
Just wondering if anyone has ever encountered this problem before. I left work yesterday and as I was approaching the road (Don Mills) from the parking lot I hit the brakes to slow down for traffic, but did not stop.
My brake peddle was hard as a rock, I had to throw the emergency brake and put the car into neutral. Luckily there were no cars coming in the third lane at the time of I would have been t-boned. I got the car back into the parking lot by going from reverse to neutral and gliding to a stop.
At first I thought I was out of brake fluid as I did not see any in the hlder or could feel anything. I got some fluid at a gas station nearby and added to the resevoir, turns out it was pretty much at max.
I started the car with the hood open and heard a hissing noise, upon further inspection I found the vaccuum hose that leads from the brake boost to beside the engine. Where the hose connects beside the engine has completely broken off and I can hear air sucking and the motor is jumping a little bit.
I have a co-worker hold the hose to where it is suppose to be connected and notice the engine sound better and that I now have my brakes back. We were not able to get a patch job in place that would hold. I called Gyro Mazda would informed me this is a Mazda specific part, but unfortunaltey there are none available in Ontario right now, but the good news is, this is something I can do myself and do not have to pay for labour. (yeah great news, I can do it myself but they wont have the part to me until next week)
So I am stuck at work, 60KM from home, have to have the wife pack up the babies and come and get me (rush hour traffic).
I call the used car dealer who I got the car from last May and he lets me know that he will dispatch his tow truck to pick it up and fix the problem under warranty (they are in Cambridge. I live north of Newmarket) as he is not able to comprehend how this line can possible brake in less than a year of owning the vehicle (2007 Mazda 3) and having only 57,000 on it. It is not making any sense to him. Otherwise he would have just paid for a local tow and the fix at a local shop.
So that was my exciting evening last night that almost got me killed. Thank god it did not brake off while I was doing 120KM down the 404.
Has anyone every had a similar problem before?
Just wondering if anyone has ever encountered this problem before. I left work yesterday and as I was approaching the road (Don Mills) from the parking lot I hit the brakes to slow down for traffic, but did not stop.
My brake peddle was hard as a rock, I had to throw the emergency brake and put the car into neutral. Luckily there were no cars coming in the third lane at the time of I would have been t-boned. I got the car back into the parking lot by going from reverse to neutral and gliding to a stop.
At first I thought I was out of brake fluid as I did not see any in the hlder or could feel anything. I got some fluid at a gas station nearby and added to the resevoir, turns out it was pretty much at max.
I started the car with the hood open and heard a hissing noise, upon further inspection I found the vaccuum hose that leads from the brake boost to beside the engine. Where the hose connects beside the engine has completely broken off and I can hear air sucking and the motor is jumping a little bit.
I have a co-worker hold the hose to where it is suppose to be connected and notice the engine sound better and that I now have my brakes back. We were not able to get a patch job in place that would hold. I called Gyro Mazda would informed me this is a Mazda specific part, but unfortunaltey there are none available in Ontario right now, but the good news is, this is something I can do myself and do not have to pay for labour. (yeah great news, I can do it myself but they wont have the part to me until next week)
So I am stuck at work, 60KM from home, have to have the wife pack up the babies and come and get me (rush hour traffic).
I call the used car dealer who I got the car from last May and he lets me know that he will dispatch his tow truck to pick it up and fix the problem under warranty (they are in Cambridge. I live north of Newmarket) as he is not able to comprehend how this line can possible brake in less than a year of owning the vehicle (2007 Mazda 3) and having only 57,000 on it. It is not making any sense to him. Otherwise he would have just paid for a local tow and the fix at a local shop.
So that was my exciting evening last night that almost got me killed. Thank god it did not brake off while I was doing 120KM down the 404.
Has anyone every had a similar problem before?