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• Hit and Run follow up 8 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  , as the driver involved in this incident, at Leeds Crown Court to 2 years imprisonment and banned for 10 years for: Causing Death by dangerous driving (of the four brakes on the car only one was working and that was impaired) Failing to stop after an accident. Failing to report an accident. No Insurance. Driving
• Correct fluid/oil types ?? 29 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  How important is it to stick to exactly the same make and/or type of brake fluid, coolant, engine oil, power steering fluid etc. etc. when topping up their levels ? My Volvo manual states for example that I should top up with their own coolant (type C - blue/green @ 50% water/50% coolant
• Service intervals 17 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  I'm sure this must have been discussed before but came to my mind reading a post in another thread when DAve W mentioned difficulty in assessing potential brake pad wear with longer service intervals. I don't care what the manufacturers say, unless you do your 12K- 20K over 6 months or less, any
• MOT failure points? Newbie query. 11 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  How badly corroded do brake disks have to be in order to fail the MOT? Is there somewhere on the net that has photos of what would fail and what would pass? I have just bought a car which was MOT\'d on Saturday and I have noticed that the rear driver\'s side disk has quote corroded, worse than
• the unbreakable car 5 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  of Siberia. Every part tested to destruction far beyond any road user could emulate. And then we hear of manufacturers recalls on new models with such items as wheel bearings, brake disks, handbrake cables etc etc which have built in design faults. And yet a component such as a wheel bearing which had been
• ABS Awareness! 23 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Overheard by my work colleague's wife in school recently shortly after our first winter snows in Aberdeenshire. Three teachers (ladies) talking about ABS; they were aware that their car(s) were fitted with ABS, but one individual, describing what happened when she braked in the prevailing
• Main Dealer Rip Off 3 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  I had a sticking piston on a dual piston front brake. I booked it in to a Toyota main dealer to have the piston freed off and new pads. i was told that they had tried to free it but failed, and I needed a new caliper £358 + VAT, (which was not in stock) new discs £240 + VAT the pair, and new front
• calculating tyre sizes 20 Dec 2000 (Forum)
  that I can get on the road. Can anyone help, or do I need to measure actual tyres? (the car will be running disk brakes, front roll bar, and spax adjustable gas shockers to cope with the increase in power)
• The complete driver. Why worry? 27 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  the headlights to gently cook the driver and occupants. For this reason, it is good to set the headlamp aim rather high. The brakes Modern cars have immensely powerful brakes and anti-lock systems. It is impossible to brake too hard. Much fun may be enjoyed by giving braking tests to following vehicles
• GS 1200 brief road test 28 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  mildly oscillates the bike. Tweak in the brake lever and the servo pump spins up to speed; yes servo assisted brakes, and I loved them though thankfully didn't have reason to sample the ABS. Light (one finger) but with stacks of feedback and feel. Pull in clutch, depress gear lever, and first gear
• Kia Ceed 3 - Dual Clutch Transmission review 22 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  backward during uphill start from rest. More so, car should be placed in N for all stops including stoppage at traffic lights on flat ground. Leaving the car in D and then using parking brake is not advised in the handbook (if you do so, the car will possibly move it to N from D internally as handbook
• Ford Mondeo - Rant about blatant lies from second hand dealer 10 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  that". When I picked the car up I should have lifted the bonnet to check but I didn't.. I don't know why, just taking him at his word. When I actually got some time to check it at home I found the brake fluid below minimum, the coolant below minimum and the washer fluid empty. The brake fluid
• Peugeot 2008 1.2 puretech 130 EAT6 Allure Premium - five year report 19 Oct 2024 (Forum)
  to be a 20yr lifespan. As an oldie’s runabout it has an easy life apart from my occasional red-line ‘Italian tune-up’.  I have just done a wheels-off preMoT inspection and general clean up. Brake pipes were painted with some old Hammerite and a fair bit of rust was hammered off the disc
• Renault Grand Scenic - Replace or wait? 19 May 2022 (Forum)
  . A few weeks ago the rear passenger side brake caliper was stuck on and I couldn't get it off the driveway. This was the final straw for me at the time and I vowed to get rid. The fault was one of the cables to the caliper had snapped (EPB). I've cut it off, repaired it with much thicker grade
• Van man 2 May 2020 (Forum)
  list of them over the years and my views. 85 B Hyundai Pony Pickup known as Harry Hyundai. This thing was awful in every way. Terrible to drive, downright dangerous brakes and unreliable to boot. I hated every moment of driving it. 90 H Toyota Liteace 1.5 - Lethal handling, almost as if each wheel
• Daihatsu Skywing - Hub-Over-Disk Risk 16 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  side caliper before the vacation. There now seems to be less brake drag, and less of a temperature rise, but there is STILL a consistent temperature differential between the passenger and driver side drive shaft end of about 10 degrees C after two successive 20k-ish night time runs
• Corsa 1.2 16V 2010 - Corsa 2010 Sub Frame Corrosion 20 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  2018 :- Pass No advisories August 14th 2018 :- Fail :- Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Front Sub-frame has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering (6.1.1 (c) (ii))   February 7th 2018 :- Pass
• BMW 5 Series - BMW 520D - AA Warranty - Cargiant bad experience 17 May 2017 (Forum)
  brake pad & Disc. However when notifying Cargiant ,they didnt take an interest and just told me to speak directly to my Warranty company. Anyway I finally get through to AA Warranty and they have told me they will send one of their engineers to inspect the car before it has any work
• Vauxhall Corsa D - Bought a dodgy car, its been 26 days... 17 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  ·          Rear Nearside Brake Light – The rear left brake light only works intermittently
• 2005 Ford Mondeo Estate - Used Car Issue 25 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  the original so sent a duplicate which did not contain any advisories though there was around 6 the previous year. After taking the car for a service in line with the warranty conditions one month after buying the car (and the MOT), the garage told me that the rear shock absorbers were worn out, brake pipes