Hybrid "Hump Feeling" while Breaking

[EOD Guy]

Those are def for the trailer brake settings.

 

[robsurfskate]

I was experiencing this when I first got my LC, but it has stopped happening after 2,000K miles. Very smooth breaking now.

 

[AJ-TXN-77]

So I've had my LC for just over 2 weeks now. Put on 1,400 miles () and have noticed inconsistent breaking. What I'm specifically talking about it is if I'm slowing down from 45-50mph to 0 for a stoplight, depending on how I'm breaking, you'll feel a hump or like your skipping over something as the LC comes to a complete stop. The actual breaks are working just fine, but it feels like it's coming from the transmission. Now I also noticed this last month on a different 1958 LC that I test drove & didn't think much of it at the time (thought maybe its brand new and just needs to be broken in).

For context, this is my first hybrid vehicle I've ever owned. I'm coming from a 4Runner. I've also driven some of my families Teslas around so I know what regenerative breaking feels like.

My assumption is that these humps, jerky jolts during breaking is the electric/hybrid components either using regenerative breaking for charging the battery (maybe its switching in/out) or there's still energy from the electric motor trying to whine down? It doesn't happen every time, it's a strange feeling. I have the LC in normal drive mode.

I’m glad that every time I notice something that seems strange to me that others have already experienced it and posted here about it. I’m still getting used to “hybrid life” and the noises and handling that come with it. Recent ex-Wrangler owner here… owned three different ones over the last 25 years and with each newer model, the quality was lower… any odd noises meant a trip to Jeep Service. I’m learning to worry less and trust my LC 1958… just a bit of Jeep trauma I have to work thru