Issue after car wash

ajfcpajd · 02-09-2011, 03:34 PM

Last night I got my car washed even though it was only 15 degrees. Pulled away after they dried it without any problem. I went back to my office for an hour or so and when I went to leave it felt like something was blocking one of the wheels - the car would start to "lean forward" but then stop. I checked under each tire and around each wheel well but didn't see anything. I got back in the car, gave it a little more gas and it moved forward. No problems after that. This morning I left to go to work and encountered the same issue. any thoughts on what this might be?

Thanks!

SpmnE9zero · 02-09-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ajfcpajd

Last night I got my car washed even though it was only 15 degrees. Pulled away after they dried it without any problem. I went back to my office for an hour or so and when I went to leave it felt like something was blocking one of the wheels - the car would start to "lean forward" but then stop. I checked under each tire and around each wheel well but didn't see anything. I got back in the car, gave it a little more gas and it moved forward. No problems after that. This morning I left to go to work and encountered the same issue. any thoughts on what this might be?

Thanks!

Yeah the friggen thing was frozen stiff!
Any time you wash a car in those temps you risk water freezing your brake pads to the rotor or anything else that moves.

Not a big deal, it will quit.

JuppiOne · 02-09-2011, 03:42 PM

could be just rust on the rotor or the parking brake cable is frozen, wait a couple of days when we suppose to get some warmer weather, you will be fine

hmmcolor · 02-09-2011, 03:46 PM

Do lots of heavy braking. Clean those suckers off.

hipnotic · 02-09-2011, 03:46 PM

it is frozen on there

fdriller9 · 02-09-2011, 03:52 PM

Yupp. Frozen. I once did some donuts in a snow covered lot and the snow melted and froze in my wheels.

I drove the next day and had horrible vibrations above 30mph. It was the ice that threw them off balance.

But in your case, you couldn't move.

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ajfcpajd Enlisted Member 3 Rep 30 Posts Drives: 2013 BMW 335is Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO iTrader: (0)	Issue after car wash Last night I got my car washed even though it was only 15 degrees. Pulled away after they dried it without any problem. I went back to my office for an hour or so and when I went to leave it felt like something was blocking one of the wheels - the car would start to "lean forward" but then stop. I checked under each tire and around each wheel well but didn't see anything. I got back in the car, gave it a little more gas and it moved forward. No problems after that. This morning I left to go to work and encountered the same issue. any thoughts on what this might be? Thanks!
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JuppiOne Captain 25 Rep 691 Posts Drives: everyone crazy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: MO iTrader: (4)	could be just rust on the rotor or the parking brake cable is frozen, wait a couple of days when we suppose to get some warmer weather, you will be fine
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hmmcolor Second Lieutenant 2 Rep 259 Posts Drives: E90 335i 6MT Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	Do lots of heavy braking. Clean those suckers off. __________________ 2000 Dodge Dakota 4.7 2007 335i 6MT
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hipnotic Major General 149 Rep 6,604 Posts Drives: e92 335i Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: So. Cal iTrader: (7) Garage List 2008 335i coupe [7.00]	it is frozen on there
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fdriller9 Banned 253 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	Yupp. Frozen. I once did some donuts in a snow covered lot and the snow melted and froze in my wheels. I drove the next day and had horrible vibrations above 30mph. It was the ice that threw them off balance. But in your case, you couldn't move.
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