Brakes locked up!?!? Tranny?

[Mondomo]

So my wife and my new child are taking a ride the other day when all of a sudden the wheels lock up and the car stalls in the middle of the intersection. There had been a clunking coming from the rear right wheel prior to this which I thought was loose lug nuts or a loose bolt on the caliper. After the incident my wife had it towed to the brake shop where they did a full inspection and found absolutely nothing...nada... bupkis. My wife's imagination now has her thinking it may have been the transmission that locked up somehow (about 78,000 miles). And then part of her thinks that maybe just the car stalled and she freaked out. Seeing as how the brake guys didn't find anything, do you think its possible they may have missed something that would have made it lock up, or is it possible that some kind of tranny mishap would have made it happen? The last option is that my wife is nuts, which is a given since she married me.

 

[hostile413]

all four wheels lock up?

 

[Mondomo]

Realize it was my wife driving, so there are no absolutes here. Sounds like the rear left wheel locked up after taking a right hand turn and the car pulled left and came to a grinding halt in the middle of the road.

 

[hostile413]

my wifes 93 explorer did that, but only the rear left wheel done it, and it ended up being a caliper. the clunking your hearing might be a sticking caliper. after you brake in it, do you notice it making that noise?

 

[Mondomo]

I do, and that was my first guess. But she took it to the brake place and they did a full check and found nothing. I'll proabably end up pulling the wheel and checking it out.