I have come to a quick stop twice recently and I have felt something weird in the brakes. Almost like it made a weird sound and I swear I could feel something weird in the brake pedal.

Anyone else experience this? Just feels like something isn't "right".

 

was it a pulsating feeling or did it kind of feel like the brake pedal dropped in a tiny bit?

 

If it felt like a knock against the pedal, it was probably the ABS kicking in.

 

I think that post gets an award for using "wierd" as the most repeated word..

You will have to elaborate this "wierd" a bit more for someone to help you...what is it...thumping, pulsating ???

 

he might be talking about one of the features im not sure what its called but if u are even in an emergency braking situation, and u press on the brake a certain amount going at certain speeds. the car will automatically depress the brake a little more for u because most people while driving tend to not press on the brake very hard. its cool...u can see it while driving if ur ever at a stoplight and u press down on the brake hard and hold it....then ull see the brake settle in a little

 

Well... at least he spelled it right!

I think at his age, he would know what ABS feels like. He could be talking about the emergency brake assist, but I don't think it makes any noise.

But yeah, can you be more descriptive?

 

Good Catch, should look into spell check

 

Sorry for the over use of "weird". I was in a hurry because my two month old baby was starting to cry. So I didn't re-read the post afterward.

This has only happened twice and each time it caught me by surprise. When I tried to recreate it, it wouldn't do it. So it did seem weird to me.

Anyway, I believe it may have depressed a little and I think it did make a knock or something. I usually have the radio on (loud a lot too) and it was hard to hear both times. I thought maybe someone would still know exactly what I meant.

When I got out of the car, I even wondered if something broke and I looked under the car. It just didn't seem "right". Maybe it's working as designed and is brake assist -- I don't know.

I've had the car about two weeks and I'm still trying to figure it out.

Anyway, I've owned a BMW 3 series, a Porsche Boxster, then a 2004 5 series of late and I've never felt anything similar.

 

not sure about a knock exactly, but what i can say is that sometimes i feel a greater sensation of breaking when i don't apply any more or less pressure to the brakes... it could be the tranny shifting down harder, but sometimes it feels as if i either shifted from 5th to 2nd hard or hit the brakes harder ... does this makes sense to anyone...anyone have anything similar or know what i'm talking about?

 

Folsom: what you were feeling was the ABS engaging. It's a good thing, you should feel "something wierd" when braking very hard suddenly. It will feel almost like a grinding or rapid pulse. The first time it happened to me I thought I had done something bad, but that's normal for a hard sudden stop.

 

In my experience, that only happens (at a stoplight) when the a/c compressor kicks in which raises the idle slightly. This, in turn, increases the brake boost. Hondas are notorious for this aggravating 'feature'.

 

I think NFLBlitze was actually describing the brake assist... which I think is a safety feature on the TL.

 

Thanks guys! I'm really liking this forum.

I used to use the new BMW 5 Series Forum (www.e60.net) because I had a 5 and it was the best forum I have ever been a part of.

Looking forward to being more active here.

-Jonathan

 

Not to be an ass...but it's spelled weird...not wierd...