Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 About 2 days ago I had to stop real hard in traffic. Since then, the car has been "moaning" when I slow down (seems to do it most at real low rpm ~1000...) it also moans when I turn. When the car moans..there is a little bit of vibration in the steering wheel... any ideas? ps...not a z....94 bmw 325i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Try taking out the pads and roughing them up. I usually just rub the friction surface on the concrete driveway in a figure 8 motion. Maybe they got glazed? Also check the rotors for runout and make sure the calipers are sliding freely. HTH. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 so, you think its the brakes? that was my first thought...but it also seems to do it when I'm taking off from a stop....or if the car is in drive..and the brakes are all the way down and car is not moving any (so they cant be slipping)...and I turn the wheel..... that made me think not breaks..but you definately know more about cars than me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Does this car have an automatic tranny? Could be your overdrive torque converter is messing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 yeah..it is an auto...what would be the symptoms of that....how much is it to have it fixed..etc.etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 check your power steering fluid and tranny fluid levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 okay...will check those..anyone else got anything? ..how bout some more info on that torque converter thingy...would it still happen if I turned off OD...(not sure if I can...its not my car..is my GF's...i dont plan on just not using OD..just as a means to test...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 doesnt feel like its trying to stall...sounds almost like something is rubbing against the wheel..or something like that...if ytou know what I mean..but I cant find anything that is.... I'll give it a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Sounds to me like a caliper or two is sticking closed when you break. I have had a car and van and a truck where this happened. It had the same symptoms that you discribe. One time it was the master cylinder and the other two times it was the break line right before the caliper. Both were easy fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Try turning off the OD, and see if the moaning goes away. Usually what happens is the OD sticks on and when you come to a stop the car shudders, and sometimes stalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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