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mu_xie · 12-18-2009, 01:13 PM

Hi, everybody,
I have bought a 09 Matrix FWD this year, I am satisfied about the performance, there is only one wierd thing kind of concerned me, which I would like to have your opinions.
The brake of this car is kind of soft, there are several time, when I hit the brake hard or when I drove around the corner, the front part of car sink a little bit, and I can clearly hear the scratch between the bottom of my car and the road!
I have check the tire air pressure, it is 32psi allright, I do not know whether this also happened to you also, and is that normal?
Thanks for the sharing.
Richard

tm1 · 12-19-2009, 01:28 PM

hi,

yeah the brake pedal is a bit soft compared to some other cars, however are you sure it's the front of your car scraping along the road? the ABS makes a sort of grinding noise when it kicks in. the nose would have to dive about 6" to reach the asphalt and you would see all sorts of scrapes afterward.