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  Can I sit in traffic in 'D' with my foot on the brake pedal in a Ford B-Max powershift? 16 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  We recently picked up a brand new Ford B-Max 1.6 powershift and I would like to know if it's okay to sit in traffic with my foot on the brake pedal and...
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Suspension Problems Ford Focus. Any Advice pls? 8 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi Guys. First post on honest john. looking for a little bit of independatnt advice. Got myself a 1.6 ford focus zetec X reg. Nothing special just a family run around. 64K genuine mileage just had a full service. At the service they changed the front brakes and the front right shock
• Battery draining itself Tommy Cooper stylee 29 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  charged up and parked it. Checked voltage/car start every couple of hours and didn't find a reoccurence, maybe the AA man had temporarily fixed it with his fiddling? On opening car door later l noticed the brake lights had come on, and then went out of their open accord about 15 seconds after l locked
• Squealing Astra 1 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  and then it will either stop for sometime or become intermittent again. Each time the car is taken to garage for inspection the problem never seems to occur. I'm 99% certain that it is coming from 1 of the wheels on the RHS. I have eliminated the brakes as being the culprit as the car has had new brakes and calipers
• Honda Civic Sport 1.5 - Electric brake failure 22 Nov 2021 (Forum)
  and hit a low brick wall, causing £3400 of damage to the car! The girls said the car made a loud beep, the dashboard flashed and then the car started moving. A local Honda dealership has run diagnostics and said there are no faults! What other explanation is there for this to happen? If the brake
• 3.0 D - Jaguar XF reliability 27 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  Thought I'd share this tale of woe while my car sits at Guy Salmon in Bristol. Its been there since 18th June & not a word from them. First of all though a bit of history: Back in December 2015 I kept getting a warning saying "Park Brake Fault" - to cut a longish story short it seems
• Any - Rusty handbrake 15 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  The HJ column in the Telgraph OnLine 12 July has a section "Should the brakes squeal..."   My son bought a car from one of the car supermarkets, (won't don't do that again !!), and the rear brakes were unusable.  The drums were corroded so badly that powdered rust was dropping out
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  What’s causing the scraping noise on my Vauxhall Vectra? 26 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My 2002 Vauxhall Vectra is making a scraping noise, which seems to be coming from the front wheels. There's no vibrations, or any performance issues, but...
• vauxhall insignia - electric hand brake , whats the problem! 6 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  why does every one moan about electric hand brakes?I was a bit concerned when i went for a test drive before i bought the car as im an enthusiastic driver but now i think its great, i pull the leaver and it comes on i then just select a gear and pull away and it disengages automatically, i can
• Vectra P-Reg - Dash & Brake Lights Failure, Not A Blown Fuse 20 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  , indicators...Everything went off. I was pulled by the Police just after it and to be told i had no brake lights either, i told the officer that my dash had also just gone off (the timing was really bad) and thankfully, they let me go but only after following me to the local supermarket car park
• BMW Mini One 05 - Brake pad warning light problem 28 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  Would appreciate any info with this problem, changed the wife's front pads a couple of months back they were well down but the brake pad sensor was not damaged in any way, changed the pads and three weeks later the light on the dash comes on!!! do a search on google info states if you leave
• Ford Focus - MOT emmissions and brake pads 4 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  .. are on its way out?  All the other readings are well within limit.  I'd be interested to see what readings others on here are getting for CO fast idle on a petrol car? The brake pads are on about 30% tread so will be looking to replace them but I would like to attempt it myself. The only
• 1998 ford windstar - ab brakes 2 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  .  My question is, does anyone know of a way to 'glue' the refuctor ring to the drive shaft without replaceing the shaft?? The auto is in excellent condition and runs and looks like a new one and the brake system is all new.
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 03 1.9d Am I being taken for a ride? 13 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  My car is currently in the garage, having £800 worth of repairs done on it... It's done about 45,000 miles, and they are replacing the belt (cam belt?) and doing something which is costing about £200 to the front brakes. The guy said that it was the 'brake holders' which he was replacing
• Mercedes Benz C-Class Sport Coupe (2001 - 2008) - 02? 2.0 Rear brakes 4 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I've got a neighbour who's a bit gung-ho in his approach to car maintenance. He recently attempted changing his front discs and pads, and ends up knocking on my door to 'help' him. I know he wants to have a go at his rear brakes, and I've warned him he should read a manual first. Unfortunately
• Volkswagen Passat (1997 - 2000) - 00 1.8t ABS fault - intermittent 11 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have been getting intermittent ABS warnings for the last couple of weeks while on holiday driving through France. It was making the wife very nervous despite my reassurances...... I haven't had a chance to plug in VAG-COM yet because my laptop is not working. I get 3 beeps followed by "Brake
• SEAT Ibiza III (2002 - 2008) - Brake fluid change not in service contract? 7 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  as they wouldn't do the 2 yearly brake fluid change unless I paid for it. In the end, they agreed to discount the price, but I think I'm most frustrated that I couldn't get them to agree that BF *is* part of the service schedule. Where we were diverging, was that they were entirely focused on mileage and the BF
• Escort Encore 1.6 braking problem 25 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  occasions now I have gone to brake only to find the car accelerating which isn't a very nice feeling. Its only luck that no other vehicles have been around at the same time. I wear quite chunky boots for driving so put it done to this but then my Dad took it for a test run today and the same thing happened
• No Stoplights = rear end shunt 19 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I know that nearly always in the event of a rear end shunt it's the driver behind who's to blame as they should have been able to stop in time, but is this still the case if the brake lights of the car in front are defective? I was shunted from behind at a give way onto a roundabout where
• Garage in Southport - recommendations? 13 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, I've been directed to Honest John from another forum as I'm trying to find someone in Southport who can fix my car and do a good job for reasonable money. To cut a long story short, I have a Nissan Primera worth at best £2000 which needs new tyres, brake discs and brake pads all round plus