Vibrating Brake Pedal

[Peter O]

In German forums has been a lot of discussions because of vibrating brake pedals. The phenomen is only in 500s without ESP. It is reported to go like this: You start with a cold car, you drive slow and you steer. If you break now, you will have a pulsating brake pedal.
At first some users felt insecure, but soon it was out, it comes from the brake power distributor, and it is no fault. Nevertheless, it was a fault from Fiat not to mention it in the manual.
The reactions are different now. Some say, it's okay, I now know what it is; or some say, Italians can't build cars, the 500 is a big shit, and they want to give it back to the dealer.

I think, it's no big thing, barely worth mentioning.
I have already looked in other countries' forums but did not find anything about vibrations in the brake pedal.
Did you ever feel anything like this in your brake pedal (only cars without ESP!)? Could it be only German feet can feel it? biggrin2

[VilleV]

:good_post: Good information for sure!

I have esp so I havent encountered this "feature" on my car. Surely not a thing that makes the car "a big shit"!!:eek:

This is the first time I´ve heard about this. Nothing mentioned on British fiat forum to my recollection. So maybe it´s because you germans have more sensitive feet than the rest of us!lol And maybe that´s what makes some of you, say like certain mr M. Schumacher, stand out from the rest of the drivers...biggrin2

[Peter O]

[OFF TOPIC]M. Schumacher: :eeeeek: :infuriato:[/OFF TOPIC]

[VilleV]

lol Sorry.. not my favorite driver either, but undeniably fast!

[wreckmaster]

I have not heard about this issue either :) But in Norway all 500's comes with ESP as standard :) Should think really that Italians would have more sensitive feet in those hand made leather shoes than germans...... lol lol

[Peter O]

Should think really that Italians would have more sensitive feet in those hand made leather shoes than germans...... lol lol
So think I!