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• Fifty to One 14 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Along a seven mile stretch of unobstructed rural road this morning, traffic speed about fifty mph, I only had to touch the brakes once. The brake lights of the car in front came on forty or fifty times over the same stretch. The difference? The guy in front was basically tailgating, driving
• vectra brakes 30 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  Due to being temporarily out of action for the next couple of months I was telling my neighbour that I would have to delay the changing of the brake fluid on my Vectra. No problem he says I'll do it for you. He is a vehicle mechanic by the way. What I'll do he says is connect my compressor air line
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  Have I got a case against the garage that MoT'd my car and missed important issues? 13 Mar 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I had an MoT one month, and about 300 miles, ago. The only advisory was a rubber mounting. I took it to Honda for their spring checkover and the rear brake...
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Hissing sound under the bonnet 18 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Hi all, After picking up a 2004 Vauxhall Corsa yesterday, I've discovered a hissing noise coming from the top corner where the brake fluid reservoir is. It sounds like air escaping from somewhere however I can't seem to find where it's coming from. After doing a bit of research I can't find much
• Ford Fiesta 2009 1.4 hatch. - Bleeding Fiesta brakes after fitting pads 27 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  Changing the front brake pads on my son's car today; its a 2009 Fiesta 1.4. I've done this job before several times and can only imagine that I was distracted due to the fact that it was raining. Instead of removing only the caliper guide bolts on the first wheel I disconnected one
• Ford Focus - Focus with squeeky brakes 6 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, I bought a 2006 Focus just before christmas from a used car trader and since I bought it the brakes have been squeeking.  The place I bought it from said it was serviced at the start of Dec and pads were fine. Its not got any better so I took it to my local garage (the place
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  Jaguar S-Type buying advice 18 Jun 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My next door neighbour has a Jaguar S-Type which hasn't moved in 18 months. Would you consider this to be a future classic? It has done 53000 mls with...
• Ford Ka 2010 - Rear suspension mounting 19 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  My partners 2010 Ford Ka has just failed an MOT with corrosion to the nearside rear suspension mounting point for the rear axle, the corrosion has cause the part of the bracket which holds the near side rear brake pipe and also handbrake cable to fail.  This allowed the brake pipe and cable
• Any - Cheap brake wind back kits and vacuum pumps 9 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  This is a question of cost/quality I guess... I need to get brake wind-back kits for the rear calipers on my Focus and the Mrs's Scenic. There's a Laser wind back tool for around £20 which will do the scenic, and an adaptor for the Ford for another £9ish. Those blow-mould cases
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  Creaking noises from front of car 4 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  When I select reverse (auto box) and reverse up an incline, there is a distinct creaking sound from the front of the car. (It seldom does this on a flat...
• Audi A4 (B6) - Audi A4 (B6) ABS light, no fault codes - help! 2 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  130k... the usual Bosch ABS system and predictably it has failed. Message centre flashing "BRAKES!" and ABS lamp plus flashing hand brake lamp, as would be expected from this unit when it goes down. However, when scanned with dealer software, and then again with VAG.com, there are NO fault codes
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  Different tyres front rear 14 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI DSG (18 months old/16k mls) which needs suspension modification to rectify noise. Skoda will fit new tyres to rear only...
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  Can the Mitsubishi ASX's stop-start system be switched off? 16 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I read your report on the Mitsubishi ASX. Can the stop-start system be switched off? I think it would be very frustrating in a stop and start situation,...
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  Are faults with the back brakes and Comms2000 unit normal for the Citroen Xsara Picasso Desire? 8 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Since purchasing this vehicle from new we have had the back brakes changed as the adjusters were faulty and caused severe wear on the shoes. We have just...
• Honda Accord USA (1994 - 1997) - 96 2.2 Brake problem. 31 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Can anyone help with this....the car is an auto and when stationary in traffic the brake pedal will very ocassionally sink slowly to the floor.....the brakes still hold it and it doesn't creep at all but very disconcerting. It never ever happens while moving....and recently passed MoT
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0 Petr Vibration under HEAVY braking 1 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi again everyone. My 2.0l Durateq Mondeo has started vibrating the steering wheel only on heavy braking at motorway speeds. In the past on my other cars, this has turned out to be seized caliper guide pins, but I believe worn discs can also be to blame. The pads all round were last
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 Squeaky rear brakes & whine from clutch 27 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 2000 1.6 zetec focus which has had a very annoying (and somewhat embarrasing) squeaking noise from the rear drums every time i brake.. Whether hot/cold, rain/shine, it always happens! Its getting louder and becoming quite annoying when in traffic or driving through town. It happens when i
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 1998 2.0 Loss of braking while driving? 5 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I'd just be very careful and stick to 60mph. Didn't realise until I got to M27 slip road that I had NO BRAKES! Pedal wouldn't move and brkaes as good as useless. Very scary and somehow we got home (crawling and being extremely careful!) Started car this morning and its idling is very rough which
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - 04 1.3cdti is it a burnt clutch? or burning rubber 30 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  So i was driving along a rain in quite wet conditions, at about 50mph, appraoching a junction and i began to brake and then realised maybe i had left it a bit too late to stop in time, so i braked quite heavily. The car skidded for about 10 metres but then the ABS kicked in and it came to a halt
• 98 Vectra wear on one brake pad 20 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Yesterday an unusual noise slowly started seemingly from the front N/side wheel on my 98 Vectra diesel. Difficult to describe but like a low frequency brake squeal. Gradually got worse and was there intermittently particularly at slow speed when not using the brakes. Arrived home and removed