front brakes don't work

[chuy38]

My brakes seem to work as soon as I start my car but as soon as start going the slip tcs and another light come on and my front breaks don't work. have all kinds of break dust on rear rims none in front. there alittle bit of rust on front disk brakes thats how I could tell there not working. I checked out the amount of rust and still the same. NEED HELP PLEASE!

[maxnix]

Give us a little maintenance history and condition report.

Is the fluid full and how does it appear?

Difficult to believe you could even drive it without front brakes.

[chuy38]

fluid is alittle dark but full. Have not driven it for awhile once I noticed the problem.

[maxnix]

New fluid is not dark. Why not do a bleed and new fluid and see what seals fail before you drive it seriously.

[oldmako]

Maxnix is giving you good advice. The car is old and the fluid is immediately suspect if it's dark. Even if the brakes were fine, you ought to get rid of that old fluid. You can do a complete fluid flush by yourself in an hour or so for 10 bucks.

Since you're convinced that the fronts are inop, this would be a great place to start. Besides, you'll end up at the front calipers and have a chance to get up close and personal with them. It may be that you may have some frozen pistons. That's fairly easy to diagnose but not as easy to repair.

Has this been a daily driver or has it been parked? How long since last brake work?