griffigr
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- Joined
- April 14, 2008
- Messages
- 18
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- City, State
- Grand Haven, MI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1994 Explorer Sport
This afternoon, I was driving down the highway at 70 m.p.h. when all of the sudden, I heard a loud concussion and immediately noticed my Explorer begin to drastically slow and pull to the right. I thought I had initially blown a tire, so I pulled off on the closest exit ramp I could find to investigate the problem. As I entered the exit ramp, the entire truck came to a dead stop (from 55 m.p.h.) and kicked sideways on the exit ramp. With quite a bit of persistence, I was able to get the truck rolling and got it home. As I was driving, I kept hearing a very loud rubbing/grinding noise, coupled with a very loud banging and squeaking noise. It sounds absolutely awful. I noticed a ton of metal shavings inside the inner driver's side wheel. I'm pretty sure it's a seized caliper. Any other thoughts on what it could be? I've never heard of a seized caliper causing a vehicle to come to a dead stop while going 55 m.p.h.