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• Ford Focus Estate - 2015 Focus 1.6 TDCi Brake Fluid Reservoir Leak 17 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  Hi folks I own a 2015 Focus 1.6 TDCI estate with 18k miles. Over the past few days I've noticed brake and clutch fluid seeping out from under the reservoir cap. (The reservoir is shared for both systems). The level is just above the minimum and the amount coming out is small
• Audi A4 - Brake warning light on startup 14 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  My 2003 A4tdi has recently started showing a brake warning light on strt up. This goes out when I press the brake peel and dons,t come on again until the next time the car has been left overnight. I initially thought it was down to the car being left on a slope but this has now been dis proved
• Vauxhall Insignia Sport Tourer 2010 - Brake Discs / Pads 3 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  I have been getting a slight grinding sounds from OSF wheel area when turning right on smaller roundabouts and tighter junctions.   This morning there was quite strange noise from the OSF brake when using a slightly heavy braking to a junction. Possibly a grinding sounds
• 2005 Volkswagen Polo 1.2 (55 PS) - Handbrake Cable Adjustment 31 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  My car went into the garage last week for the rear brake drums servicing (the brakes were binding). The mechanic said the handbrake cable on the driver's side is stretched so it might be worth replacing both completely - the passenger side is stretched but not as bad. Anyway, he adjusted
• Ford MondeoLX 2005 hatchback - Front suspension/Brakes 7 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  ABS warning light comes on mainly after an hour of fast driving without touching the brakes.    On other occasions when I brake I hear a graunching noise from the front accompanied by small jolts from the front as if the car was tripping over a step accompanied by the ABS light
• Peugeot 307 - Brake fluid sensor fault code 5383 8 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  My 10 yr car has an intermittent fault displaying low brake fluid. My local garage has diagnosed as fault code 5383, brake fluid sensor electrical fault. No live feed is reaching the sensor. It has been suggested to take my car to peugeot as there could be a wiring loom issue. This sounds
• BMW 320d 04 - Knocking noise when braking 18 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, just wandered if someone can give me some pointers. A short while ago I had the front wishbones replaced in my car as the rubbers were worn and I was getting alot of knocking sounds, along with a knock when I applied brakes, and thought this was all linked due to the worn links. Everything else
• Peugeot 307 SW - Peugeot 307 SW -brake fluid leak 2 May 2011 (Forum)
    hi, had a warning light come up on my 307 sw 1.6 diesel   checked and my brake fluid in the reserve tank had gone. topped it up and all seemed ok   couple days later the warning came back on again, topped up again and checked for leaks
• Did the garage con me? 11 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  I took my car in for new brake pads and a brake fluid change to a garage (well known chain) - which shall remain nameless for the moment - in November. I went back a few hours later and paid for the work, assuming they had done their job correctly. However, I went to my usual garage
• ford fiesta 1.3 1995 n reg - how to test electrics as no brake lights 21 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  could you help me to pinpoint what is wrong with Ants car. his brake lights are not working. i checked the bulbs with a meter, 21w 5 and they both are ok. no voltage to the light fittings when pressed.  disconnected the brake light switch, shorted the switch on both sides
• Lotus Elise (1996 - 2000) - 00 1.8 Odd brake test result 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  On my MOT brake test, one rear wheel locked up on the maximum force test at about half the reading of the other one, actually less than the force shown at that wheel for the handbrake. The front brakes were about as expected and the total force was still far above the required 50%. The shop guy
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 99 1.8 braking efficiency not very good 26 May 2009 (Forum)
  my sisters escort has the worst brakes ever although the discs and pads and shoes are fine the brake pedal remains really spoungy, the handbrake works great though. all have been bleed so i decided to upgrade them by fitting mondeo mk2 calipers and discs theses are much bigger and required some
• Hyundai Accent (2000 - 2006) - 00 1.5 ABS occasionally operates on light braking 3 May 2009 (Forum)
  Stepson just got a tidy Accent GDX with 80,000 on the clock: took it to my trusted indie for an oil/filter/cambelt change, test driving it the ABS triggered with light braking. I had the same unexpected ABS operation a couple of days ago, no ABS warning light and the brakes work fine (plenty of pad
• Mazda Mazda 3 (2004 - 2009) - 2006 1.6 - Audible Brakes 3 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi All, On my 2006-year Mazda3 everytime I apply the brakes a noise is heard in the cabin. It's not a very loud noise by any means but certainly sounds like two surfaces rubbing together - what brakes do I suppose - but I've never witnessed this noise inside the cabin. The noise never fades
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - 2004 1.9 Check brake pads warning light 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  1 week after getting my car back from repairers, following an ambulance reversing into the front drivers side of car, the 'check brake pads' warning light comes on during driving, usually after hitting a bump/pothole in the road (I know the brakes pads are fine as had the car serviced just 5 weeks
• Peugeot 206 hatchback (1998 - 2006) - 00 1.4 Petrol - hiss when pressing the brake pedal 22 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  When I push the brake pedal, I get a hissing noise from the passenger footwell. I have looked and there is a rubber / plastic washer, which when I look in the engine bay seems to go to the servo(?). Is this hissing a problem (a part from being very annoying)? If I tap the brake pedal slightly
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 1992 1.8 diesel - Rear brake leaking. 27 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  1992 1.8 diesel. I replaced the rear brake cylinder recently as the old one had seized. Yesterday I removed the brake drum to inspect the condition of the shoes and give a dust out to discover that the fairly new cylinder is leaking. The shoes have done 17000 miles Given that the Fiesta shoe
• S-Class brake light switch 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hi I was looking at my Dads 98 W140 S-Class. It is an auto and the ABS / ASR light is on. I read the fault codes and found that it is fitted with a Bosch ASR module MB# 018 545 47 32 HW version 46/97 SW version 18/96. Fault code C1200 brake light switch: open circuit / bad contact
• scenic mot failure -emissions & brakes 27 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  today my renualt scenic 1.6 1998 failed it's mot, on front brake imbalance 26% and exhaust co3 content failed after 2nd fast idle (excessive) along with lambda reading outside limits after 2nd fast idle test... results ..... 1st test co 2.144% 2nd test co 1.756% lambda : 1st test
• '96 Golf VR6 sounds haunted 5 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Recently my 96 Golf VR6 has been making a few ghostly whirring noises. Pretty sure it's coming from the back but can't be 100% sure. Also on a couple of occasions i've had to brake sharply and i can feel the pedal juddering so i'm guessing it could be something to do with the brakes. Somebody i've