When it is about 25 degrees F or lower my brakes freeze. When I engage my e-brake ( not tight at all maybe two clicks ) the brakes will freeze within an hour. The e-brake goes down fine from inside the car and when I wiggle it up and down it seems smooth and normal. When I try to take off the brakes are still engaged, takes about an hour to relise even if the car is warm. I had my e-brake cable loosened and had it looked at and was told it was fine. So I'm starting to think this is a caliper problem? Anyone else have this problem?

 

Gotta be something rusted/binding. Could be the cable too...

 

maybe its just the moisture in the air mixing with the freezing air and is just binding the brakes... u have anti seize?

 

I just had the same problem.

Basically you probably have air in the abs pump that is freezing. You need to hook vag-com to bleed it.

Put the car in your garage or something so that you can defrost the air bubble and then youll need to do the bleed.

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/absbleeding.html

Then you'll have to do a caliper bleed. My left back caliper is the one that is stuck so thats what i'll have to bleed. I'm just waiting for my cable to come.

 

also, Read noob stickies.

Post more info about your car, or make a signature before you ask any other questions please.

 

Er, what? It'd have to be awfully cold for that. Water in a mixture (as opposed to a solution), perhaps, but air freezing? Hmm.

 

thats what i'm saying. The moisture involved in the air bubble lol

 

try anti seizing the caliper sliders... you should do this anyhow if you change your brakes...

 

You use brake lube (basically grease) on the caliper slides, not anti-seize (though that would be better than nothing).

 

well whats wrong with anti seize my father is an ase cert tech and hes been useing it for the better part of 20 years and has never had a problem or a comeback i guess thats just my personal preference and i know what works from my experiance