Recently I posted this message on is300.net:
Folks:
I have been having a problem with my brakes for about a year now. My 2k2 eShift w/ Navigation is currently in shop as I type this. It started out subtley, I would pull up to a stop sign and I would over-shoot it by about half a car length. I brought the car in immediately (Nalley Lexus, Atlanta GA), and they seemed interested in helping me. A tech test drove my car with me even though I did not have an appt.
The tech then decided after one test drive that my car was fine. I took his word for it. They didnt even write up a ticket for it.
The problem continued to occur about once every 3 weeks or so. Always in the same place, the stop sign as I exit my neighborhood. Then it happened to my husband, and he had me take it back in immediately. I still got the feeling they think we are fabricating the symptoms. They examined it and said basically "This sort of thing is to be expected within the first 30 seconds you drive the car."
This past weekend while my husband was driving us back from dinner, we rolled through an intersection to the other side before the car actually stopped. Luckily, we were not side-swiped as it was light traffic. My husband had been braking for a while, and he says he could have rolled through 5 intersections for as long as he was frantically trying to stop the car. He is an aggressive driver, and of course my car brings that out even more in him. His BMW X5 doesnt corner or accelerate nearly as nicely .
I searched the forums, but was unable to find anyone else with a problem like this. Please email me if you know of anyone who has had factory brakes fail. It feels like the brakes have air in them, and need to be bled, but it is not consistent enough for that to be the problem. Also the ABS does not kick in, it is a smooth, heart-stopping, gradual stop.
Any advice welcome,
Brenda
Atlanta, GA
