RE: 99 A6 brake Problem????

[Mike Sylvester <Mike.Sylvester@aptis.com>]

Sounds like the ABS to me.  Was the road surface slippery?

Mike Sylvester
94 100CSQ
86 5KCSTQ


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	J. Kris Baca [SMTP:kris.baca@nwa.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 02, 1999 12:53 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	99 A6 brake Problem????
> 
> I just bought an A6 and occasionally the brakes feel *very* strange.  It
> has happened twice now in 2 weeks.  Both times it was when I was leaving
> a parking lot and braking to see if the road was clear.  What happens is
> that the brake pedal feels like it is connected directly to the calipers
> and I hear and feel a grinding type noise. It's as if the power brakes
> completely shut off.  I really have to stand hard on the brakes and the
> pedal actually vibrates my leg.  Then once the vehicle stops and I take
> my foot off the brake pedal and reapply it, they work normally.  This
> has never happened on the highway or anywhere else.  Has this happened
> to anyone else?  I can't imagine it's normal.
> 
> Thanks!