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• Brakes, can technology help? 26 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Contemplating taking the rusty rear discs off the C3 for the second time in 58K miles and looking at a £50 bill from Andrew Page, I wondered if technology...
• Citreon Xantia no ABS?? 31 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Hi , My Dad has owned a Xantia LX Turbo diesel 1995 for six months, when we went to change the brakes we noticed it has ABS sensors fitted to each wheel.We did not think the car had ABS. We checked the manual and it says all xantias have ABS fitted. There are no warning lights on the dash or any
• 1995 Rover 418 TD (square shape) 31 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  On a drive back from the "Auld country" the old girl has developed a braking problem.As the brakes are applied it takes progressively more effort to stop and the pedal gets harder.After releasing the pedal the normal feel returns.I've tried to find a Haynes manual today but there doesn't seem
• Volvo 740 brakes 21 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  The time is rapidly approaching when I will have to change the front disks. The car is a saloon, 1997cc "F" reg but an '89 model. In theory, the disks...
• 306 Meridian Spec 25 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Just a quick question. Have recently bought a 1998 Peugeot 306 1.6 Meridian and was wondering if anyone knew if it had ABS fitted as standard. Have tried looking for a site with a full spec but can't find one...can anyone help? Cheers, P.S. I did try an emergency brake and the car did brake
• Bahill Horse Trailer 23 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Could anyone please tell me where to get instructions for overhauling the brakes and wheel bearings on a Bahill 2-horse trailer? There is an override feature allowing the trailer to be reversed without locking the wheels, but I'm not sure whether the brakes are working at all. How can
• Load Transfer 14 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Having seen a couple of threads where some confusing information has been given about load transfer under braking and cornering, I thought I might have a go at clarifying the subject. Firstly, I want to restrict the post to steady state behaviour - by which, I mean once the car is settled
• 'Keepers' - preservation of brake pipes, etc. 15 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  Not much on here these days, so having read about sunflower oil in a thread here I thought I'd start a new topic.   For those of use who keep their cars till they die, painting stuff onto the exposed bits underneath is advisable to avoid things like corroded brake pipes, cracked
• Vauxhall Insignia 1.4turbo - Residue from new brake discs/pads 18 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  at the garage as to what pads were suitable for the car, but in the end they seemed to sort it out. After we drove about 50km on the new brakes (gently, of course), we noticed some silver liquid (?) on the insides of the wheels. It looked and behaved like thin paint with a high metal content, apart from
• Ford Ka - Brakes & discs needed at a ridiculous cost 11 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Evening all, Am new to this forum and a new driver, apologies in advance if I make any noob errors! I recently passed my test and was bought a Ford KA (53 plate) I don't drive often as I don't need to but last week when I started my car and drove off I noticed the brakes were quite unresponsive
• Peugeot 406 2.2 HDi - Anti Pollution Fault 7 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  My Problems all started when driving to work and the brakes started to work intermittently, they would work fine
• Ford Focus Saloon 2006 - sticking calipers 24 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  I recently took my car for a service to local main ford dealer I explained I had a problem with the front brakes the n/s seemed to be binding. I collected the car and was told the fault was due to brake dust, the problem never improved and when I checked on the internet sticking calipers
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - Use independents? Yeah, right! 7 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Recently I've had an intermittent fault with the ABS and ESP lights illuminating on my Passat, which clears with the ignition. Some Google research suggested the brake light switch, but since it happened not long after I hit a deep puddle at some speed and the brake lights still worked, I wanted
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 99 1.8 ABS fuse keeps blowing 30 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  . Then the other day someone told me I had no brake lights at all. I discovered the fuse had blown and so I looked up what it did and it was the following: 25A Reverse light switch - Auto box relay - Brake lights switch - Day running lights relay - Cooling Fan relay - Pressure switch control - Compressor relay
• "Stupid car" it`s run down the hill on it`s own. 26 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  It seems to be taught now, that cars are parked with the handbrake and not left in gear. Perhaps that`s a safety issue when teaching Numpties - so it`s less of a complexity when setting off and less chance of them starting it in gear? Maybe that is a spin off from `gears are go - brakes
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 2004 1.6 Engine cut out then light came on 7 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  was due a service about a month ago but haven't had the funds to do so yet so could it be possible it has something to do with that? I also drove over a pot hole the other day and ever since when I have to brake harshly the brake pedal doesn't feel right, Feels rough and shaky. Normal braking is fine
• Mazda 323 2003 : brake discs failed MOT 12 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I'd appreciate any comments people have on the following. My Mazda 323 (2003 1.6 GSi petrol manual) has reached 3yrs old with 36000 miles on the clock. It has this morning failed its first MOT, done at an independent garage, because the front brake discs are "shot to pieces". I'm
• Recent posts update 29 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  and J22 Ripponden, heading west. On the bike in the 3rd lane leaving about 3 seconds gap by the lampposts. Brake lights start to come on in the line of traffic ahead so start to slow down. The car I am behind (Silver Vectra) no brake lights. Suddenly brake lights come on and it swerves violently
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1997 1.3 Car is loosing oil, water and brake fluid 26 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  My Fiesta is playing up again. All year I have had brake light warning lights, each time my mechanic has found minor problems with the brakes and fixed them all including four new pads. I had it served in October and all was fine, no problems with oil burning at all. In Feb after 3500 miles since
• Getting dealer to fix faulty Mazda 20 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  in either too much loss of speed (felt like engine braking was coming into play even if I lifted off at 40 mph in 5th gear) or slight 'run on'. (2) brakes squealing when applied at low speed (eg when inching forward in a traffic queue. I hoped that the poor throttle response might be due to the car needing