[Russ N Kim]

Hi everyone again thank you for the advice on our gas leak problem that’s all fixed ? now another problem . It is raining here as usual these days in pa. Went to turn around our newly purchased 2009 Smart and the front brakes locked up ? can’t move the damn thing ? any input would be appreciated

 

[jimvw57]

Quite common for them to get flash rusted. I usually just give er some gas and they pop free, might try in reverse too.

 

[Miss Mercedes]

Yup, sometimes it requires a lot of throttle if the car's been parked for a while, but that'll usually do the trick.

If they're actually locked, I'm not sure what you could do outside of taking them apart.

 

[Russ N Kim]

Thank you ! I will show Russ tom he’s asleep , ? it’s nothing ! Love this lil **** ?

 

[toaster]

More likely to be the rear drum brakes than the front discs. Mine will do this occasionally, a little throttle and they pop free.

~toaster

 

[1stiski]

I’ve learned this lesson , I put our Brabus in the garage after a trip with wet roads , parking brake applied for two weeks , it took some throttle to budge it loose . Now I park all our Smarts that sit in the garage without the parking brake applied .