it's hard to explain. So right now I just went over to my bike (which is always indoors) and grabbed the levers to apply brake and they had the feel of normal. When I go out and ride, it's like they get stiff. You get a little movement in the lever about a quarter inch front to back that makes a clicking noise. If you press it in quarter inch it doesn't release back to starting position you have to move it forward quarter inch. When you decided to fully engage the brake lever it has a "hard" feel and not fluid at all as if the pads are not releasing off the rotor. Right now everything is fine... if I take it for a ride then they act up... Could it be something as a simple fix just to replace the levers and nozzle? I'm at a loss... I wrote to Hayes and see what they have to say...

PS... brakes do release but pads kinda stick to rotors and eventually dis engage fully after a while as long as you don't keep pressing the brake...