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• VW Passat brake warnings 6 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  One for thos of you who know how brake warning systems/fault code readers work. Have a 98R Passat 20V which has occasionally been displaying warning lights/sounding buzzers for the ABS (orange light) and the whole brake system (red light). I've had the ABS and the brakes emergency checked
• Volvo V70 2.5 Brakes 4 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  A mate of mine has a 1999 Volvo V70 Estate Auto with the 2.5 10v engine. Recently it has developed a brake problem. Over the last week the brake pedal travel has increased, yet the car stops safely. We have checked the following; disc and pad thickness and DTV - all are text book and the pads have
• Peugeot 206 CC Brakes 8 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  from my front brakes. So far In September they \'DE-GLAZED?\' the brake pads that came with the car, this did not work so it was suggested that I either put up with the noise or buy new brake pads. So I bought the new brake pads. About a month later they started with the god awful noise again! Took
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 00 1.8 Intermittent Shuddering brakes problem! 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  prefered a diesel but the petrol model that I came across and subsequently bought was a steal - and in fantastic condition. I have owned the car for maybe a month now, in which time I have noticed very little in the way of problems, apart from a very intermittent problem with the brakes. Every now
• Citroen AX (1987 -1997) - 96 954cc poor braking 17 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, i have just been given a citroen ax dimension 954cc with the Teves calipers, when braking even at low speeds the brakes seem quite inafective even if i stomp on them as if trying to do an emergency stop, the car just gradually slows to a stop as if there isn't enough friction, and it takes
• Vauxhall Ast - Charge of defective brakes - rubber pedal cover 20 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  In January I had an accident. It was pouring rain and my car span when coming off a roundabout. At the time the police said my brake pedal should have had a rubber cover and it did not. I wasn’t aware of this. Today I have received notice that I have been charged for having defective brake
• Sachs brake pads terrible! 11 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  My Fiat Panda's 1.2 2005 front brake pads is not great, it feels sort like a soft pedal under hard braking and more effort to stop quickly than the previous pads was with when I bought the car, the name of pads is made by Sachs are this the rubbish one? I got it from Eurocarparts
• AEB braking systems 8 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I have read elsewhere that some of these Automatic/Autonomous Emergency Braking systems on lorries have applied full emergency braking when triggered falsely by road signs/fence posts on bends and other conditions
• Vauxhall New Meriva - Meriva Electric parking brake & hill starts 22 May 2014 (Forum)
  Have just bought a used 11 Reg Meriva with the electric parking brake, but no 'Hill Start Assist'. Has anyone got any advice on doing hill starts on very steep hills? We've followed the instructions in the manual for just driving off and letting it release the brake automatically, which is fine
• Citroen C3 semi-automatic - Left-foot braking 26 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  On this car (semi-automatic with an automated clutch), if you left-foot brake with the throttle open, there is an almighty thud from the transmission, the engine unwinds to idle (c. 1000 rpm) and refuses to answer the throttle pedal for a good 30 seconds. The selling garage's service chap said
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 01 brake imbalance MOT failure, no diagnosis 13 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  My '51 106 (main dealer FSH) has now failed its MOT twice on brake imbalance, despite new pads between failures (didn't need them, they were pitted but thought it might cure it, its only done 30k so on original pads)- calipers look fine, move fine, pistons move with thumb pressure, discs look ok
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 94 1.8 Bleeding Brakes! 29 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hello, I've just replaced the rear drum brakes on the above car. The piston escaped (Rear-left brake) and brake fluid was lost - so i've tried to bleed the system - unsucessfully! I've done it the haynes way with two people until the girlfriend got bored. Tried a simple kit with a one way valve
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 2003 TDi - Brake Warning message on dash display 16 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I have a 2003 Passat estate diesel. Every now and then, couple of months, the warning on the dash comes up 'Brake warning stop now' or words to that effect. It comes up lasts for a minute or so and then goes off until the next time, which could be ages. It has done this a couple of times, once
• Fiesta Mk3 1.1 NO BRAKES!! 10 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Just leaving to work this afternoon and my brakes went! I was lucky that I had just left home, at slow speed and that no cars or worse kids were in front of me. It took me some split seconds to react and pull the handbrake which was enough to slow me down to a halt and letting me breath again
• New brake pads run-in? 22 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all! Had front brakes' pads replaced this morning. You never expect the car to behave so differently after such a replacement, but it does! The brake pedal 'bites' so high now (comparatively) that I kept stopping meters before where I intended to!! Anyway, having to travel this weekend, I
• Cav Brake Grinding Sound 5 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 95 Cav 1.8Lsi, 139k, had new disks and pads approx 6 months ago, shortly after fitting I noticed a noise similar to when pads have worn completely and its metal on metal only on the left hand side. The noise does not appear when braking at speed eg slowing on a motorway of speeds 60
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Brake fluid - is it corrosive? 12 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My wife's Golf was serviced by the local VW dealer today including 2 yearly brake fluid change. I got home from work early so took a look under the bonnet. All was well, except just a moment what is that damp patch on the offside strut? Eye drawn to the brake master cylinder - full to the brim
• Nissan note 2010 - Third brake light or high brake light 28 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  Hi    Can someone please advise whether the below is still current : The "3rd" brakelight is an "Optional Lamp" and it is not obligatory...
• Last mainstream car with front drum brakes? 8 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Clearing some junk out of the shed last night, I came across a set of brake shoes for a long-extinct Vauxhall Viva - front shoes, that is. The car was an early 'HC' model - '72 'J'-reg - but it got me wondering when did the last mainstream car roll off the production line sporting front
• Parking brake 22 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  Here is another incidence of a fatal accident, they think caused by not putting on the parking brake.  Does anybody know whether the vehicle had a handbrake or an electric parking brake ? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3650009/Star-Treks-Anton-Yelchin-killed-car