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Right Rear Wheel Lock-up

5.7K views 7 replies 4 participants last post by  unavita  
#1 · (Edited)
When I first bought the car a month ago, I could step on it from a stop, slight 1/2 second wait then smooth power. Not often, but once in a while. Now the right wheel seems to lock up.

(BTW I had the transmission fluid changed previously, no metal particles.) Car went into limp mode after the right wheel lock. I shut it off, then it's fine. Just start off slow and it's normal.

Drive the car by starting slowly and it drives fine, no odd shifts. Problem is I know there is something nasty happening for a right wheel to lock up and it'll need to be fixed.

Anyone know what this is?

Fluid in the front canister by headlight looks low on fluid. Looked at that yesterday after reading a thread here. Not sure if the two are connected.
 
#4 ·
Well whatever happened here? The odd thing to me is the suggestion that the caliper will lock up intermittently or that the parking brake shoe is some how causing the lock up. I don't know everything, clearly, so that would be new but it could be. Who knows? I am interested though because...
I dissengaged my ASR for a couple of weeks. When I put the fuse back in the driver wheel would do exactly what the OP states. I suspect that the wheel speed sensor is working, or malfunctioning AND that not using it caused an issue with something that tells that wheel caliper to engage- i.e.., the ABS sensor for that wheel. Thoughts?
 
#6 ·
That is really good to know. I've never heard of that on other makes but then again, I haven't heard everything. So that is something to lookout for on these models with this system and on the driver side, right?
My passenger wheel is fine until the car gets on ice or something that causes a loss in traction. Then the passenger rear wheel locks up. It frees up when I let off the gas but not until then. It may free up if I give it full throttle. I am not 100% about that though. It almost sounds purely electronic but I wonder if there could be air in the system or something. I can do a quick bleed once the temps get about 0 this week. HOPEFULLY.