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• Sachs brake pads terrible! 11 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  My Fiat Panda's 1.2 2005 front brake pads is not great, it feels sort like a soft pedal under hard braking and more effort to stop quickly than the previous pads was with when I bought the car, the name of pads is made by Sachs are this the rubbish one? I got it from Eurocarparts
• AEB braking systems 8 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I have read elsewhere that some of these Automatic/Autonomous Emergency Braking systems on lorries have applied full emergency braking when triggered falsely by road signs/fence posts on bends and other conditions
• Vauxhall New Meriva - Meriva Electric parking brake & hill starts 22 May 2014 (Forum)
  Have just bought a used 11 Reg Meriva with the electric parking brake, but no 'Hill Start Assist'. Has anyone got any advice on doing hill starts on very steep hills? We've followed the instructions in the manual for just driving off and letting it release the brake automatically, which is fine
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  Toyota Carina E wiring problem 12 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1992 Toyota Carina E and when I have the front headlights turned off and press the brake pedal, the front light turns on (to dipped beam). With...
• Citroen C3 semi-automatic - Left-foot braking 26 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  On this car (semi-automatic with an automated clutch), if you left-foot brake with the throttle open, there is an almighty thud from the transmission, the engine unwinds to idle (c. 1000 rpm) and refuses to answer the throttle pedal for a good 30 seconds. The selling garage's service chap said
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  Electronic hand brakes - and the point is? 7 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  What is the point of electronic handbrakes? You report that water ingress is a common problem. If it's so common why don't they fix it? I have just been...
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  Park mode versus handbrake on a steep slope 14 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Home is on a hill and the garage drive also has a significant uphill slope, so both cars are frequently parked on a hill. We normally use 'Park' on...
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 01 brake imbalance MOT failure, no diagnosis 13 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  My '51 106 (main dealer FSH) has now failed its MOT twice on brake imbalance, despite new pads between failures (didn't need them, they were pitted but thought it might cure it, its only done 30k so on original pads)- calipers look fine, move fine, pistons move with thumb pressure, discs look ok
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 94 1.8 Bleeding Brakes! 29 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hello, I've just replaced the rear drum brakes on the above car. The piston escaped (Rear-left brake) and brake fluid was lost - so i've tried to bleed the system - unsucessfully! I've done it the haynes way with two people until the girlfriend got bored. Tried a simple kit with a one way valve
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 2003 TDi - Brake Warning message on dash display 16 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I have a 2003 Passat estate diesel. Every now and then, couple of months, the warning on the dash comes up 'Brake warning stop now' or words to that effect. It comes up lasts for a minute or so and then goes off until the next time, which could be ages. It has done this a couple of times, once
• Fiesta Mk3 1.1 NO BRAKES!! 10 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Just leaving to work this afternoon and my brakes went! I was lucky that I had just left home, at slow speed and that no cars or worse kids were in front of me. It took me some split seconds to react and pull the handbrake which was enough to slow me down to a halt and letting me breath again
• New brake pads run-in? 22 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all! Had front brakes' pads replaced this morning. You never expect the car to behave so differently after such a replacement, but it does! The brake pedal 'bites' so high now (comparatively) that I kept stopping meters before where I intended to!! Anyway, having to travel this weekend, I
• Cav Brake Grinding Sound 5 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 95 Cav 1.8Lsi, 139k, had new disks and pads approx 6 months ago, shortly after fitting I noticed a noise similar to when pads have worn completely and its metal on metal only on the left hand side. The noise does not appear when braking at speed eg slowing on a motorway of speeds 60
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Brake fluid - is it corrosive? 12 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My wife's Golf was serviced by the local VW dealer today including 2 yearly brake fluid change. I got home from work early so took a look under the bonnet. All was well, except just a moment what is that damp patch on the offside strut? Eye drawn to the brake master cylinder - full to the brim
• Nissan note 2010 - Third brake light or high brake light 28 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  Hi    Can someone please advise whether the below is still current : The "3rd" brakelight is an "Optional Lamp" and it is not obligatory...
• Last mainstream car with front drum brakes? 8 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Clearing some junk out of the shed last night, I came across a set of brake shoes for a long-extinct Vauxhall Viva - front shoes, that is. The car was an early 'HC' model - '72 'J'-reg - but it got me wondering when did the last mainstream car roll off the production line sporting front
• Parking brake 22 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  Here is another incidence of a fatal accident, they think caused by not putting on the parking brake.  Does anybody know whether the vehicle had a handbrake or an electric parking brake ? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3650009/Star-Treks-Anton-Yelchin-killed-car
• 2007 Honda CR-v - Hand brake sticking causing clutch slipping 10 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  On 2007 Honda CRV as I accelerate through the gears the car revs as if the clutch is slipping. The mechanic thought the hand brake is sticking. Has anyone else had issues with Crv handbrake? I've had the rear brakes completey replaced, fails MOT every year, either not tight enough but then sticks
• Vauxhall Astra H - brakes 9 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  Got a mk5 diesel astra, brakes keep sticking,had new calipers all round,new pads and discs and a new master cylinder, bled loads of times but now and again they start to seize on,if I turn off the engine and pump the brake pedal a few times it cures the problem and I van drive maybe 30 miles
• 2007 VW Golf GT TDI 140 - High level LED brake light 10 May 2014 (Forum)
  Hi everyone! I have a 2007 VW Golf GT TDI 140 and the high level LED brake light is not working correctly. It lights up when braking, but only just! It's set into the top spoiler and there's no obvious way of removing it. Has anyone else had this? Many thanks in advance...... Gary.