Last night my brakes went out. Here is what happened. I was in stop and go traffic. All of a sudden I feel it pull to the right. When I hit the brakes it seemed to release the brake on that side and brake from the left. I pull over, and sure enough the right brake is glowing red. I started pumping the brakes I lost all brrakes. The brake fluid reservoir is full. I know this is power brakes and antilock brakes, but I am not use brake systems. I wll be picking up a repair manual but wanted to get thoughts so I can get it fixed quickly.

My thought is that there is a pump that may have gone bad. And with how hot the brake got on one side I will be replacing the brakes and rotors.

Any help is definatly appreciated.
Thanks.

 

sounds like a hung caliper.

 

Thanks for the info. Problem solved. The piston in the caliper looks like it had locked up. The seals were just deteriated. So I replaced the calipers since they are $15 a piece, instead of rebuiling the damn things. Also got new brakes and bled the brake, and now I have something to stop me.