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• Peugeot 406 Estate - radio, brake lights 11 May 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, Recently (Sunday) bought a 406 estate. Fine except for a couple of faults. Firstly, the high-level brake light does not work, and it had been covered with a strip of black sticky tape by the previous owner - presumably some sort of MOT evasion measure! I can't work out how to get
• BMW E30 325 front brakes 30 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a couple of slight problems with the front brakes on my E30 325. I changed the discs and pads last week, and in order to get the old discs off I had to drill off the cap of the small alignment nut (it serves to hold the disc in place against the hub when changing the wheel). Having now
• Excessive brake pad wear - Fiat Punto 23 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I have a Fiat Punto ELX 5DR, registered May 2001. Since I bought the car I have had 5 sets of brake pads, and due for yet another. With a total mileage of 40,000, surely this is not \"fair wear and tear\" that Fiat keep telling me. I have also had to spend £110 on a new exhaust which completely
• Are seatbelt mechanisms "handed"? 23 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Needed to replace the passenger-side front seatbelt in my old C-reg Honda, so off to Halfords for a replacement. Now, my (probably wrong!) understanding of inertia-reel belts was that they had two mechanisms inside - one locks the belt under hard braking, and the other when the belt is stretched
• What happened to talking cars? 8 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  I had a Renault 25 TXi, (my first car!) with voice synthesiser. It started off as a gimmick but it actually said some useful stuff like, \"Brake problem! Emergency circuits in operation. Avoid braking hard. Service as soon as possible\" .. which turned out to be low brake fluid. My S-Class Merc
• Overheated Brakes 16 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Had my car serviced 4 days ago. Today, immediately after a 10 mile run at 70mph (the first journey over 25 mph and 2 miles) the rear drum brakes seriously overheated (tons of smoke). I thought the whole car was going to go up in flames. Luckily, I had a bottle of water to hand to cool things off
• VW Polo pdi engine management problem 7 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  the brake lights! If they were still working then the problem isn't urgent. If the brake lights are not working then to bring the car in immediately. The brake lights are working so this means they can't look at the car until next week. I'd appreciate some info so I know what's going on.
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  Work Recommended and Completed was Not Required for Elderly Vulnerable Customer at £650 5 Sep 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My Dad, age 79, took his Toyota Auris to a retail chain for tyres. While killing time in a nearby supermarket they called him to say his rear brakes were...
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  Would you recommend a Beetle or MINI convertible, and should I buy an automatic? 12 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am a fit and active 75-year-old and learned to drive in London in a Ford Popular when I was 17. I have always driven manual cars. Being barely five foot...
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  Are Vauxhall Agilas prone to ABS faults? 10 Jun 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I'm thinking of buying a Vauxhall Agila 1.2 petrol (2011 model with 12,876 miles) for £4995 But I'm worried after reading about the ABS/ESP brake pressure...
• Volvo V50. 05 plate - Anti skid message brake failure, immobilser activa 30 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Hi wonder if anyone can help. Yesterday whilst driving anti skid warning light came on followed by brake failure warning. Car then went into limp mode before immobilser was activated. After ten min I could start car again. This has happened several times in last couple of days with window wipers
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 02 1.9TDI ABS & Oil level light and alarm problems 5 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I have owned the car virtually from new and it is now coming up to 120K miles. Car has developed a continuing problem with both brake warning lights coming on (ABS and Brake system). Codes indicate a brake stop light switch problem. This has been replaced 3 times (twice by VW dealers) in the last
• Traffic cops related question 11 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  the severity of the impact at all by allowing her to move further forward? 2 - Similar to number one, if the brakes (foot and hand brake) were off, would the car have moved forward more reducing the impact? 3 - If she had read the road ahead and started to brake very early would the lorry driver have maybe
• New discs & pads for PUG 205 GTi 30 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  ) and my own 'real life' driving experience, I accept that the PUG doesn't have the best of brakes. Since I believe I have factory original discs with aftermarket (Unipart?) pads the braking is OK - not awful, but not great. So I've always thought about upgrading the discs and pads. Upon checking my
• mobiles and driving 4 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  and not the Blackbird) I was behind an Escort type van. I was braking but still catching it up and cars in front had their brake lights on. The van had one DIM rear light on. Then as the other brake lights went out the rear lights came on at normal brightness. A poor earth somewhere I think, but also a major
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  Should I have an engine flush at every service? 30 Jan 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I have just had a reminder for my Corsa 1.4T third year service and MoT from the dealership. It came with recommended TLC like bacterial cleanse at £24.95,...
• Daihatsu Skywing - Slow Brake Fluid Drop 2 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  Might finally be a bit of substance to back up the criticism of my brake maintenance, since I appear to have a very slight fluid leak. Due a flush and a check on brake hardware anyway. I put this wheel cylinder back on after cleaning it up about a year and half ago. It showed some wear
• Vauxhall Corsa-e - Rear brakes badly scored 19 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  My electric Corsa had only done 7k miles at the first service. I was informed that due to both rear discs badly scored the pads and discs need replaced....
• 2003 Ford Fiesta 1.4 diesel - Mot failure 25 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  Just to ask what would the likely cost of repairs for brake pipe excessively corroded nearside and offside front to rear pipe . Brakes imbalance across the rear axle. Fuel pipe chafing on top of filter . Monitor and repair advisories play in steering rack (slight play in both sides power steering
• Ford transit mk 5 - Dodgy brake lights on mk 5 transit 1 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  Hi I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction, I've got a mk 5 transit and one of the stop lights was out, I changed the bulb and both stop...