Brake problem found today. NEED HELP!!

95MustangV6 · Feb 26, 2011

ok so i noticed today that my brakes are acting a little funny...
First i noticed that my e brake light kept comming on and off while i was driving it today.. Then i noticed that when i was stopped and my e-brake was not engaged it still seemed like it was engaged cause my car would not roll on a slight incline/decline.. it normally would in my driveway cause its on a hill but it didnt.
So i figured maybe one of my e-brake cables has gotten stuck... i know one of them is froze and has been for some time but it never was a problem with it staying engaged...
Now the car isnt staying engaged, or should i say it will roll now when im in my driveway BUT now im noticing that my brakes are getting kinda spongy...
They have more give than they normally do and it just feels different if you know what i mean.
Also the brake light keeps comming on and off..

I did notice that sometimes it will come on when i apply the brake then when i let off it will go out... but if im crusing on the highway it will come on after a while...

Im off work tomorrow so im gonna do some inspections on the car and ill let you guys know if i find anything but if anyone has any ideas please let me know..
Thanks.

By the way my brakes are fairly new, i think about 8,000 miles on them.. I had new ones put on back in july of last year.

CC'S95GT · Feb 26, 2011

Your brake light is duel purpose,
It reminds you when the e-brake is engaged, and
It will tell you when your brake fluid is low.
So go ck your brake fluid and then bleed your brakes because you didn't pay attention to the light and now you've gotten air in the system!!!
Thats why your brakes are spongy.

95MustangV6 · Feb 26, 2011

this may sound stupid but how do i bleed my brakes..
ive done alot of work on cars but never anything brake related... normally let the shop do it...

CC'S95GT · Feb 26, 2011

get a haynes/ chilton manual and it'll walk you through.
or find a bud to show you. You'll need 2 people anyway unless you have the coin to get a 1 man bleeder.

95MustangV6 · Feb 27, 2011

well i actually figured out all of the problems.
first of all i had a pretty bad break line leak on my right rear rubber brake hose...
it was actually caused from my new exhaust cause where they had it was ok but when i had someone in the back seat it caused the line to rub right against my exhaust pipe and it caused the leak....
So the shop is gonna fix my exhaust and break line for free and im gonna get that taken care of on monday since they had to order the part...
right now its actually redneck rigged with a pair of vice grips keeping it from leaking...

and the problem with my parking brake was solved simply cause i just replaced both cables and it made a world of difference...
it only cost me 30 bucks and about 3 hours of work... took for freakin ever to get the old clips off.... they were hell to remove but once i got them off putting the new ones on was no problem at all...

so now i got that all taken care off i feel alot better and less annoyed/agrivated..
thanks for all your guys help though..