I am hoping to find someone who may be able to help me figure out what's going on with my wagon. 2002, Automatic, 68k if that helps. In temperatures below freezing, after starting the engine and putting the car in reverse, when I try to brake after backing out of a parking spot, garage, etc., the brake pedal will not go down. Luckily, I have not backed into anything, but I feel it will happen eventually. My husband bled the rear brakes, and this didn't help. Is the next step to bleed the front brakes? And what would be the next step or two if the problem isn't solved? After the car has been running for longer than 5 minutes, or if the temp is above freezing, braking in reverse is fine. Since it's an intermittent problem, it's something that we didn't deal with last winter, then no problems spring, summer, autumn, but now it's back again. I'm new around here, but am very impressed by the knowledge these members have, and am hoping someone may have some insight. In the 30 or so times this has happened, I would also say that 2 or 3 of those times, the car did the same thing when moving forward--creeping from idle, and the brake pad wouldn't go down, then after 3 or 4 tries, it finally works and no problem.
Thanks so much,
Karen