# Brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ram, dodge, 1500\
**Created:** [December 27, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185 "2010-12-27T16:25:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Flschor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Flschor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Flschor)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/1 "2010-12-27T16:25:25Z")

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Was driving my 2004 Dodge Ram this am when sudenly it felt as though my brakes locked up. I was driving at a speed of approx 25-30 mph and it happenly momenarily I stopped completely. As I started out again it worked fine without any further incident?

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/2 "2010-12-27T20:51:57Z")

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So you weren’t braking at the time, or you were? That’s not clear in your post.

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**Author:** ![Flschor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Flschor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Flschor)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/3 "2010-12-27T22:27:35Z")

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no, I was not braking at the time. I was moving forward

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/4 "2010-12-29T00:58:42Z")

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You could have had a misfire in your engine (sometimes called a stumble). The brakes are probably fine.

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**Author:** ![Flschor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Flschor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Flschor)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/5 "2010-12-29T03:14:31Z")

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Thanks for your response. It was weird, however, hasn’t happen since…

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/6 "2010-12-29T05:26:48Z")

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Is there a lot of snow and ice in your area? It could be a large chunk of ice pulling on the parking brake cable.

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**Author:** ![Flschor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Flschor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Flschor)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes/59185/7 "2010-12-29T07:54:20Z")

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not much snow however, there was an ice storm one day previous to this and my truck sits outside and not in the gargage