2010 Dodge Caliber SXT 2.0L - Front disc brakes and rear drum brakes, Automatic transmission. Just about 300K on engine. Original engine, original transmission.
I have been having transmission problems for the last 3 months. About once a month I will drive the car too long (I drive about 90 km a day round trip for work as I live in the country area). Once in a while I will run into the transmission temp light coming on if I push 130km round trip. I don't believe the transmission to be the issue, but I just wanted to throw that out there in case it could possibly have some relation to my recent brake issue.
I was coming home from work today and reached the last 3km stretch before my house. I then noticed the transmission temp over light came on and as I was going up hill I heard a very sharp whining sound. I pulled over and shut the car down for 10 minutes. I restarted but this time the brakes felt different. The light was gone but there was no pressure when I applied the brake. I let the car roll down the hills leading to my house and it seemed like the car was trying to break itself going very slowly. I was still able to press the brakes but it just pushed to the ground... and it felt like I had to push much harder to stop.
The brakes have been going for the last month, as I noticed metal on metal sound about 2 weeks ago but due to unforseen circumstances was unable to deal with them right away. I bought them today and ironically enough I have run into a new slew of issues with the breaking system.
I don't understand the sounds I am getting from the car. When I am in park and no key is in the ignition I can press on the brake pedal and get some resistance, but if I push harder it sounds like an air leak as the brake pedal slowly allows me to push it to the floor - I tried this for 2 minutes with the car off and I could not keep enough pressure to the point where it wouldn't let press the brake pedal anymore. I could always it to the floor.
When the car is on and in park there is no resistance whatsoever and I hear a single click which sounds like it is coming from directly behind my shifter. When the car is in Neutral the click disappears but the pressure remains the same.... None. I can go into reverse and drive and no pressure is felt when pressing on the brakes but the car will stop when pushed all the way down. I am not opposed at this point to getting dirty and taking things apart as I was already planning on doing my own brakes.
Here are two videos showing the sounds I am hearing.
Video with car off
Video with car on
I have been having transmission problems for the last 3 months. About once a month I will drive the car too long (I drive about 90 km a day round trip for work as I live in the country area). Once in a while I will run into the transmission temp light coming on if I push 130km round trip. I don't believe the transmission to be the issue, but I just wanted to throw that out there in case it could possibly have some relation to my recent brake issue.
I was coming home from work today and reached the last 3km stretch before my house. I then noticed the transmission temp over light came on and as I was going up hill I heard a very sharp whining sound. I pulled over and shut the car down for 10 minutes. I restarted but this time the brakes felt different. The light was gone but there was no pressure when I applied the brake. I let the car roll down the hills leading to my house and it seemed like the car was trying to break itself going very slowly. I was still able to press the brakes but it just pushed to the ground... and it felt like I had to push much harder to stop.
The brakes have been going for the last month, as I noticed metal on metal sound about 2 weeks ago but due to unforseen circumstances was unable to deal with them right away. I bought them today and ironically enough I have run into a new slew of issues with the breaking system.
I don't understand the sounds I am getting from the car. When I am in park and no key is in the ignition I can press on the brake pedal and get some resistance, but if I push harder it sounds like an air leak as the brake pedal slowly allows me to push it to the floor - I tried this for 2 minutes with the car off and I could not keep enough pressure to the point where it wouldn't let press the brake pedal anymore. I could always it to the floor.
When the car is on and in park there is no resistance whatsoever and I hear a single click which sounds like it is coming from directly behind my shifter. When the car is in Neutral the click disappears but the pressure remains the same.... None. I can go into reverse and drive and no pressure is felt when pressing on the brakes but the car will stop when pushed all the way down. I am not opposed at this point to getting dirty and taking things apart as I was already planning on doing my own brakes.
Here are two videos showing the sounds I am hearing.
Video with car off
Video with car on