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• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 00 1.8 petrol Exhaust Heat Shield & Hand Brake 1 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  only: When the handbrake is applied, it applies only 11% percent pull on the rear right hand wheel. 11% is below the legal minimum requirement. In other words the parking brake for the right handside rear wheel has a "low effort". The parking brake effort for the rear left hand wheel is fine
• Nissan Primera III (1999 - 2002) - Noisy brakes -- garages say nothing wrong 8 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  From another post, thought I'd repost here as this is beginning to hack me off.... I'm not at all happy with the noisy brake pads put on by garage at the last service (4000 miles ago) -- they claim it's down to the materials on "modern" pads, but how come other cars don't suffer the same way? Two
• Thank you VW, thank you so much, 10 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Well Tourvan has come up with a new one from its box of tricks, foibles, faults and undesirable behaviour. Its decided it will be a laugh to leave the brake lights on all night. The battery is flat. Its not going anywhere. The VW ambulance is on its way. NOw for the very clever part. Someone
• Brake pad dust 27 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  My Scenic recently had squealing brakes and when I asked the dealer they said this is normal and is due to lack of asbestos etc and it is not covered by warranty (1 year old). They would strip them down but it would be chargeable. I blasted them with my power hose and this seems to have made a bit
• 2002 - Punto 1.2 3 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 Basic four door 1.2 Punto 18k on clock, and in May I had a full service. It was highlighted that I needed new brake pads (front) and they fitted them accordingly. However, 5k on there is a squeeling sound about ever 4 out of 6 presses of the brake from the front. If I brake hard
• New car warranty 19 May 2004 (Forum)
  I own a 2 year renault clio expression, done 29000 miles and has service history with renault. This week my rear brakes failed due to the brake shoes coming loose and disintegrating within the wheel. The dust from the shoes built up and jammed my wheels up. When I took it to the dealer at first
• cavalier brakes 15 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Comments/suggestions would be appreciated. I wasn't happy with the condition of the brake fluid in my son's car and went for a complete fluid change. Thankfully none of the 4 nipples were seized and we started the job beginning at the rear first. At each wheel very little fluid came out for each
• Golf brake failure 2 28 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Continuing on from the post about fluid leaking from the brake pipe banjo-to-caliper joint. Tried to get it done at 2 local VW dealers today expecting them to turn up and just fit a new washer or whatever, bleed the brakes and disappear. Not a bit of it; they want the car on a ramp for over
• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 14-09-2019 Part 2 15 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  Re. Government Advice The towing limits for the current RAV4 hybrid are: FWD unbraked 750Kg, braked 800Kg AWD unbraked 750Kg, braked 1650Kg
• Brake Discs - Lifespan? 4 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  Saab 9000 2.0 auto front discs replaced for the second time in less than 2 years (34,000 miles). Is this to be expected or am I doing something wrong in...
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 1992 - Vauxhall Corsa rear brakes 20 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  New shoes fitted and bedded in and there seems to be no automatic or manual adjustment to the shoes .. the handbrake has excessive travel so does the...
• Vauxhall Vectra B - clutch master cylinder 16 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  hi any body fitted clutch master cylinder,can this job be done without taking off  brake master pipes ,otherwise will have to bleed brakes &clutch.1996 vectra 2000cc,sri.thanks
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 03 1.6 Rear brake pad renewal. 18 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I'm about to renew the rear pads on my Golf. Is it necessary to buy a special tool to rewind the pistons or is there a cheaper way?
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1999 19 td hand brake adjustment 15 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  hi all how do i adjust the handbrake any advise welcomed . can it be done from inside the car?
• Passat brakes 17 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  got a 98 passat, had new discs and pads last year, changed the pads several weeks ago, copper greased the back etc and i'm still getting a squeal thats...
• Kwik Fit brake pads (Corolla) 8 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Anyone any experience with their pads - now on set 2 in 2 weeks on my Corolla, after the first lot set the steering wheel juddering - but set 2 are still...
• peugeot 205 1.9 gti rear brakes 2 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Any comments on rear disc pads renewal welcome, I've done front pads before on many cars but not got much experience with back. Special tools needed?...
• Silicon grease on brake slide pins 6 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  Can someone point out what I am failing to appreciate. Brake slide pins are metal running through synthetic seals and the recommended lubricant is silicon based. Spring powered air rifles have a synthetic seal running within a metal cylinder and should never be lubricated
• Ford Focus - Brake pedal slowly dropping - normal or not? 4 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  I replaced discs and pads on both front wheels of my car yesterday, and also replaced the drivers side caliper which was sticking. Since then I have noticed that the brake pedal will slowly go down a bit when it is pumped up. I cant remember if it did this before or not however
• Volkswagen Polo IV - 2011 - Rear brakes - binding 17 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  I have a VW Polo with a 'normal' mechanical handbrake.  Sometimes when I release the handbrake (after the car has been left overnight) the rear brakes feel like the are stuck on and they release with a small 'bang' when I drive the car forward or reverse. This seems to happen more