My car has all disc brakes and when it was new I only needed to apply a little pressure (e.g 5%) on the brake pedal at the stop sign and the car would stop completely, however after a few yrs with 30% disc remaining, I now need to apply a bit more pressure (maybe 10%) for the car car to completely stop at the stop sign or else it would try to move a bit forward and I could hear/feel a little "sticking", is this normal?

Thanks and best regards.

 

Brakes are subjected to tremendous amounts of force/friction/heat. It is amazing that they perform as well as they do and last as long as they do. You just might have a bit of glazing occuring on the surface of the rotor. Scuff them up with some sandpaper or just don't worry about it until you get the brakes done. Make sure you either turn the rotors or have them replaced.

 

Thanks foot!

 

Yes, and if the car has quite a few miles on it, you may want to consider new brake hoses as well. After time, they can start to weaken and bulge as pressure is applied requiring more pedal force to stop the car. I noticed this on my 96 civic. I replaced the hoses and the pedal feel was back to new.

 

Good point.

 

yea my 91 had almost no pressure in the brakes and i would pump and get a lil i had it checked and my 1 of my moses were leaking, i miss the days of neutral coasting and e brake stopping had to get that replaced but it saved my lfe while i was saving up, anyway get those checked out and have the hoses checked

 

2 weeks ago my 1990 integra's brake hose blew. lucky there was no one in front of me. i bearly stopped the car. (using both gearing, full force on the pedal and the e brake). defently worth the peace of mind