Last night i was getting into my garage and I was talking got distracted and I stalled the car, then with the car turned off I pressed on the brake and it was really hard it would not come down at all, so turned the car back on and the brake works fine again. Next morning I go to work and I'm not 100% but there was a liquid under the drivers side, I think it's the brake fluid, so I check the reservoir and it's low I then went to Honda and bought brake fluid and put some in, now I get in the car while It was off and pumped the brake 3 times and it got hard like how it was the night before, I then turn the car back on and pump the brake and it does not get hard, I did this like five times everytime I did it with ther car turned off the brake would get hard and not move after two or three pumps.

Do I need to just replace the fluid?

Did I mess something up when I stalled the car?

I will try to get under the car to see if could find a leak anywhere.
I can't really go any where to get the car checked right now, I don't even know if I should drive it.

Car is a 05, 6sp, 99k miles I been having the car for four months so I don't know when the last owner changed the brake fluid.

 

The brakes are vacuum assisted (to make it easier on you), the vacuum is supplied by the running engine. You get a few "pumps" in reserve in case the engine dies but once the vacuum is exhausted, the assist goes away and the pedal gets hard just as it would if you had no assist. In other words, it's normal. It also illustrates why you want to hold the brakes down and not pump them if the engine ever dies while you're driving.

 

Umm so this is normal. I had never noticed this and I am over here freaking out for no reason. Thanks for taking your time and explaning this to me I really appreciate it.

 

I also immediately thought the same as IHC did. No engine, no vacuum, no assist.

I'll also add that the low break fluid may also be quite normal. As the brake pads wear, the pistons that push them against the brake disks move outward. This causes more fluid to travel into the brake calipers. It comes from the extra in the brake fluid reservoir. So if you haven't had your brakes serviced in quite some miles the reservoir level will be below "full". So you know, there's also a sensor that will detect when it gets too low and cause a light to appear on the dashboard. My guess is the previous owner did a brake job a long time ago.

If you still have doubts then have a mechanic look it over. Both I and IHC can't see your car so we can only speculate. What we say is true but we can't be sure of anything about your particular car.

 

I fully agree. And if you top it off with worn brake pads and then push them back in when you install new pads, you'll probably overflow the reservior.

 

I had a mechanic take a quick look he didnt find any leaks, he told me to come back tomorrow so he can put it on the lift.

He told Me I should do a bleeding of the brakes and clutch because I put in new fluid, he said that when you do that you can get air in the lines.
So I'm gonna go head and do that, I think I will change the brakes and rotors too.

Would you guys recommend drilled sloted rotors for a daily driver?

Thanks for the help.