Any suggestions would be greatly appreciate. About 6 months ago - my SVU was running terribly on my short drive home - I was loosing acceleration and eventually the car came to a complete stop - it felt like the brakes had totally locked - the brake pedal was hard and had absoluately no movement in it. I had it towed to the dealership that were at a loss since the computer said nothing - the figured it was a seal (I believe in the brake area - sorry my woman knowledge) and they sent me on my merry way. Several weeks later - same thing - I had it towed, they found nothing wrong and replaced nothing. A couple of months later, the brakes were extremely loose - like they had air in the lines - I had to use the emergency brake to stop that car on a hill with my kids in the car...not happy - drove it to the dealership - they test drove it and said it was something else and they didn't have the part ...blah it got fixed up. That was 6 months ago - every now and again - the brakes go loose a couple of days later the brakes are extremely hard to push and then it seems to fix itself. Today, the car played up again as the original problem - I was attempting to do 100km on the highway and it slowly went down to 60km with my foot flat to the floor - I was able to pull over on a side street where everything again locked up. I had it towed to the dealer - who said it was running normally - its sooo weird, it's like it resets itself.
So this was so wordy - I'm tired of the dealership treating me like I'm just a dumb woman who knows nothing about cars - (mechanic's daughter so I have a bit more than the average gal). The dealership keeps telling me that there is nothing wrong because nothing shows up on the computer - meanwhile, I've had my kids in the car twice when this has happened and we are all scared to death.
Any ideas what the heck is causing this so I can direct the dealer in the right direction.
I don't believe the brakes need replacing since they are regularly inspected by the dealership on the routine oil changes and I'm really not hard on them since I gear down instead of braking all the time.
Many many thanks
So this was so wordy - I'm tired of the dealership treating me like I'm just a dumb woman who knows nothing about cars - (mechanic's daughter so I have a bit more than the average gal). The dealership keeps telling me that there is nothing wrong because nothing shows up on the computer - meanwhile, I've had my kids in the car twice when this has happened and we are all scared to death.
Any ideas what the heck is causing this so I can direct the dealer in the right direction.
I don't believe the brakes need replacing since they are regularly inspected by the dealership on the routine oil changes and I'm really not hard on them since I gear down instead of braking all the time.
Many many thanks
Mar 27, 2010 at 7:48 PM