It recently snowed so I decided to go to an empty parking lot and mess with my car on ice to find out how it handled in snowy conditions. And of course I pulled the parking brake a few times. Ok, about 15. On the way back to my friends house my car was shaking. I didn't think pulling the parking brake could make a car do that. I didn't hit anything when sliding. I thought it might be the rotors but the stearing wheel doesn't vibrate and it doesn't get worse when braking. Could it be the alignment?

Also how long does Mazda warrently things like alignment or rotors? I only have 6500 miles on the car.

 

My guess is that you have snow packed into your wheels/rims. Clean them (espicially the inside) and it's gonna be fine again.

 

Does anyone know if the rear brakes are self adjusting? Perhaps now your rear brakes are dragging??

 

 

im with this guy.. i did the same thing... and my rims were FILLEd with snow lol

 

 

okay..its been at least a day since you did this....is your car STILL acting the same way? if so....did you check your rear wheels for packed in snow like the other guys suggested?

whatever you do...IF you take it to your dealer...do NOT tell them you been power sliding around some parking lot somewhere....

 

lol.....i did the same thing. car wobbled and shook alot afterwards..scared the crap out of me. was fine later that day.

 

Ditto

 

Thanks guys. I haven't driven it today but it is parked in a heated garage so all the snow should be gone. I really hope that it was just snow packed in there. I was so pissed at myself last night. I kept thinking I broke something and would have to pay to have it fixed. I'll let you know later if it was just snow.

 

Last time I checked, the ES had 4 disc brakes.

 

It was just snow packed in the rims. Man am I relieved.

 

glad to here everything is ok

 

now go have yourself some more fun at the snowed in parking lot YAYYYYY!!!!

I'm gonna go down there too.....YAYYYYY

stupid Brampton in canada all the snow somehow has like dried up....and its not as cold as it should be
hmmmm
YAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!



oh yeah...who agrees with me on this following statement

<--- HAHA The squirrel is running things

 

Its been unusually warm here to. The last few weeks its been in the 40s-50s. This was the first snow of the season and it was only a few inches. Usually our first snow is in October.