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• Squeaking Pug 306 brakes 27 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  I've been asked by a colleague at work to post this one up. Her 00W Pug 306 Meridan has had sqeaky brakes from the day she got it. It only happens when the brakes are applied. My colleague has been told by her Pug dealer that it is down to the materials the pads/discs are made out
• Golf Mk4 - Corrosion of aluminium brake pipes 16 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  My brake pipes are plastic coated, but in some places the coating is damaged and the pipes have turned white with corrosion.   Are the pipes going to perforate eventually, or will they turn white, as they have done, and then corrode no further?
• Vauxhall Vectra C - Brake Fluid 13 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, The service book for my Vectra states brake fluid must be changed every two years,but my Vauxhall dealer has never changed it,saying they test the fluid.How do they do that? Regards Dave
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - brake lights 22 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  hi people need some help with this,the brake lights on my piccasso have all just stopped working ,ive looked at the fuses but cant see any that have blown ? any idears please
• Braking through corners 23 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I have noticed in my area that learner drivers are being taught to drive as if the car is rear wheel drive, i.e. Brake at the apex of the corner, instead of before and accelerate through the corner. Or is it just me? {Typo in subject header corrected - DD}
• VW T4 Caravelle Brake Pad Wear sensor 13 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, does anyone know which wheels the brake pad wear sensors are located on a T4 Caravelle/Transporter. The handbook states there is one at the front and one at the rear. Thanks, Mark
• DIY brake pads 20 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  I was wondering how hard it must be to change your own brake pads? I dont have much experience on car maintanance, I have looked at a couple of google videos on how to do it, and it seems easy enough, is it a hard job?
• brake pedal - hyundai coupe 1997 17 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  my brake pedel has a bit of slack. i have to press down on it around a inch before anything happens. is there a way of tightening it up so it is "instantly" responsive. its a hyundai coupe 1997
• Changing brake fluid - 2003 Astra 14 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  2003 Vauxhall Astra Estate..Can anyone please oblige me on the easiest way to change the brake fluid.. Can it be pumped out of one bleed nipple or does it have to be done on each nipple..Thankyou
• 306 xsi sqeaking brakes 13 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  hi lads.. i have a 306 xsi with a set of rsr khans 17s.........i just changed the front brake pads and they\'re sqeaking like anything could anyone tell me why this please.... thank you
• HJ's Braking distance challenge. 11 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Karma.
• Seicento sporting 2003 - Brake failure on cliff side road 14 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  Hi all, my brakes have had a lot of work done over the past couple of weeks. New discs and pads on the front and (I quote this from the garage invoice) "stripping, freeing + rebuilding rear brakes and front callipers". This evening I was driving a very windy and steep road around the local
• 2004 Ford Focus CMAX 1.8 Duratec HE Petrol Manual - Brake Light Fault 14 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  First post, hello all. I've been offered a c-max 1.8 duratec petrol which has a few issues. Messages 'brake light fault' and 'engine systems fault' when
• Renault Clio Sport. Brake problem 9 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Got home from work, and decided to wash my car. After I washed it, I took it down the road, and when turning back into my road, from the main road, I was braking from about 80/90 leptons (not excessively hard) and thought, the brakes felt a little wierd. Coming along my road, and tried them from
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  Car rear brakes seized within 2 months of purchase in warranty - who is to blame? 24 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  We bought a car from a small garage in November. Before we got the car it needed an MOT and service, which the garage did for us as part of the deal of...
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  Squeaky brakes on Fiat 500 5 Apr 2016 (Ask HJ)
  Our 2010 Fiat 500 has developed an intermittent high pitched squeal which seems to come from the front wheels (difficult to tell but seems to be RHS)....
• Volkswagen Golf Mk 5 - Brake Pedal Issue 21 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Vehicle was taken to local Vw dealership for handbrake issue 3rd visit as on 9 notches. New cables were fitted 6 months ago. Transpired not only had the calipers failed but the rear discs and pads required replacing.Before the visit the brake pedal had a short travel before the brakes
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  Brake pipe corrosion - is it normal? 26 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst getting my 2011 Fabia serviced at my local Skoda dealer I was informed that the brake pipes are corroded due to salt from the road and need to be...
• Toyota Yaris Verso [2000 model, 119,000 miles] - Braking issue 20 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  My car [owned from new] has always been serviced at recommended intervals by either franchised dealers or trusted independents. Just lately, applying very light brake pressure when coming to a halt [2/3 mph] has led to what may or may not be the ABS system kicking in - a sort of light
• Mercedes CLK 4.3 2001 - Brakes seizing 23 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  The brake pedal seemed to stick own without warning and although I tried to lift it up the brakes had locked on. (The handbrake was definitely off!) We stopped as quickly as possible on the narrow busy road but the discs were very hot and the front offside was beginning to smoke. We were