[Aredubjay]

Originally posted by uconnscott
I was at a stoplight (red light) sloped uphill last night. The car was in drive and I had my foot on the brake. All of a sudden the car started rolling backwards!! I tried slamming on the brakes but nothing happened and the car kept rolling back. The car behind be backed up as I pulled the e-brake which took a few seconds to kick in.

I don't get it. I then gave the car some gas, with the e-brake still on and then it started driving fine like nothing had happened. The engine never shut down.

It was really scary and I have no idea what caused it to happen. My tranny has shown no sighn of slipping and the girl who sold me the car said she recently had a $500 brake job done. I just don't get it or know what to do. I guess I just hope it never happens again?? (The car went on to have no problems the rest of the way home, but I don't feel all that safe now)

Would appreciate any input. Thanks!

That is major scary, Scott. I'd find out where the girl took the car for the brake job. I'd also like to see the receipt for the work to find out what they did/did not replace. It sounds to me like they left some air in the system, and, if that's the case, you'll run into the problem again one day. Take it out on some hills and test it again (with nobody around, of course) -- of course, even with the brake failure, the car shouldn't have rolled backwards while engaged in D -- Just thinking out loud and scratching my head -- sheesh, dunno what to tell ya. Anybody else???