Not sure how else to describe it. First inch where you expect the brake pedal to work: it doesn't. Thereafter it feels fine. Brakes work.
Once you get used to them, they're fine.
I bought the car from a fellow swedespeeder and he chased this problem. He had them bled several times, checked calipers, replaced hoses, pads/rotors, began looking into vacuum leaks/vacuum pump.
I had my car in the shop for annual inspection, and asked my mechanic to look into it. I found another Volvo forum another guy had the same problem, and he fixed it by having the ABS bled, so I was going to have them try that.
They decided that wasn't the problem and they think it has DOT3, not DOT4 in it - that it 'feels' different. I don't go around touching brake fluid enough to comment on that.
He said he 'called Volvo' to see if that could cause it, and they (whoever he called) said yes. They did not bleed the ABS.
They think flushing the brake fluid back to DOT4 should be done - and they don't flush brakes. Apparently not many shops do. They didn't charge me anything.
Mentioned it to my dad, who talked to his mechanic/sales lot, and their knee-jerk reaction was: rear calipers are bad - replace.
The calipers remove any after-rain scale from the rotors, as expected - and rotors are smooth as the front. Rear pads have more pad than front, but they're newer, so entirely expected.
This shop has not SEEN my car.
My dad wants to pay for replacing the rear calipers for me.
I honestly don't think either is the solution to whatever this is: I'm just living with it - once you're used to them, they stop, will stop fast if pushed, and will ABS if pushed hard; no pulling that I can discern.
My post is asking you guys if you would let them replace the calipers. If you have another solution...
Once you get used to them, they're fine.
I bought the car from a fellow swedespeeder and he chased this problem. He had them bled several times, checked calipers, replaced hoses, pads/rotors, began looking into vacuum leaks/vacuum pump.
I had my car in the shop for annual inspection, and asked my mechanic to look into it. I found another Volvo forum another guy had the same problem, and he fixed it by having the ABS bled, so I was going to have them try that.
They decided that wasn't the problem and they think it has DOT3, not DOT4 in it - that it 'feels' different. I don't go around touching brake fluid enough to comment on that.
He said he 'called Volvo' to see if that could cause it, and they (whoever he called) said yes. They did not bleed the ABS.
They think flushing the brake fluid back to DOT4 should be done - and they don't flush brakes. Apparently not many shops do. They didn't charge me anything.
Mentioned it to my dad, who talked to his mechanic/sales lot, and their knee-jerk reaction was: rear calipers are bad - replace.
The calipers remove any after-rain scale from the rotors, as expected - and rotors are smooth as the front. Rear pads have more pad than front, but they're newer, so entirely expected.
This shop has not SEEN my car.
My dad wants to pay for replacing the rear calipers for me.
I honestly don't think either is the solution to whatever this is: I'm just living with it - once you're used to them, they stop, will stop fast if pushed, and will ABS if pushed hard; no pulling that I can discern.
My post is asking you guys if you would let them replace the calipers. If you have another solution...
