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• stop that clio! 10 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  hi there, got problems with the brakes on my ex girlfriends clio(1993 1.2). On roadtesting i performed an emergency stop on which i gave up waiting for it to stop and drove on! On futher inspection i found that there was a broken spring in the offside rear shoe assembly which i identified in haynes
• More local Lunacy ... 12 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  this! Cardboard brake pads were found in the braking system of a minibus taxi that was involved in a collision with another minibus. The accident occurred at about 7.10am on Thursday after the taxi's brakes failed at the intersection of the Old Vereeniging Road and Main Road in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg
• Fifty to One 14 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Along a seven mile stretch of unobstructed rural road this morning, traffic speed about fifty mph, I only had to touch the brakes once. The brake lights of the car in front came on forty or fifty times over the same stretch. The difference? The guy in front was basically tailgating, driving
• vectra brakes 30 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  Due to being temporarily out of action for the next couple of months I was telling my neighbour that I would have to delay the changing of the brake fluid on my Vectra. No problem he says I'll do it for you. He is a vehicle mechanic by the way. What I'll do he says is connect my compressor air line
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Hissing sound under the bonnet 18 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Hi all, After picking up a 2004 Vauxhall Corsa yesterday, I've discovered a hissing noise coming from the top corner where the brake fluid reservoir is. It sounds like air escaping from somewhere however I can't seem to find where it's coming from. After doing a bit of research I can't find much
• Ford Fiesta 2009 1.4 hatch. - Bleeding Fiesta brakes after fitting pads 27 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  Changing the front brake pads on my son's car today; its a 2009 Fiesta 1.4. I've done this job before several times and can only imagine that I was distracted due to the fact that it was raining. Instead of removing only the caliper guide bolts on the first wheel I disconnected one
• Ford Focus - Focus with squeeky brakes 6 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, I bought a 2006 Focus just before christmas from a used car trader and since I bought it the brakes have been squeeking.  The place I bought it from said it was serviced at the start of Dec and pads were fine. Its not got any better so I took it to my local garage (the place
• Ford Ka 2010 - Rear suspension mounting 19 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  My partners 2010 Ford Ka has just failed an MOT with corrosion to the nearside rear suspension mounting point for the rear axle, the corrosion has cause the part of the bracket which holds the near side rear brake pipe and also handbrake cable to fail.  This allowed the brake pipe and cable
• Any - Cheap brake wind back kits and vacuum pumps 9 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  This is a question of cost/quality I guess... I need to get brake wind-back kits for the rear calipers on my Focus and the Mrs's Scenic. There's a Laser wind back tool for around £20 which will do the scenic, and an adaptor for the Ford for another £9ish. Those blow-mould cases
• Audi A4 (B6) - Audi A4 (B6) ABS light, no fault codes - help! 2 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  130k... the usual Bosch ABS system and predictably it has failed. Message centre flashing "BRAKES!" and ABS lamp plus flashing hand brake lamp, as would be expected from this unit when it goes down. However, when scanned with dealer software, and then again with VAG.com, there are NO fault codes
• Honda Accord USA (1994 - 1997) - 96 2.2 Brake problem. 31 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Can anyone help with this....the car is an auto and when stationary in traffic the brake pedal will very ocassionally sink slowly to the floor.....the brakes still hold it and it doesn't creep at all but very disconcerting. It never ever happens while moving....and recently passed MoT
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0 Petr Vibration under HEAVY braking 1 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi again everyone. My 2.0l Durateq Mondeo has started vibrating the steering wheel only on heavy braking at motorway speeds. In the past on my other cars, this has turned out to be seized caliper guide pins, but I believe worn discs can also be to blame. The pads all round were last
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 Squeaky rear brakes & whine from clutch 27 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 2000 1.6 zetec focus which has had a very annoying (and somewhat embarrasing) squeaking noise from the rear drums every time i brake.. Whether hot/cold, rain/shine, it always happens! Its getting louder and becoming quite annoying when in traffic or driving through town. It happens when i
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 1998 2.0 Loss of braking while driving? 5 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I'd just be very careful and stick to 60mph. Didn't realise until I got to M27 slip road that I had NO BRAKES! Pedal wouldn't move and brkaes as good as useless. Very scary and somehow we got home (crawling and being extremely careful!) Started car this morning and its idling is very rough which
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - 04 1.3cdti is it a burnt clutch? or burning rubber 30 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  So i was driving along a rain in quite wet conditions, at about 50mph, appraoching a junction and i began to brake and then realised maybe i had left it a bit too late to stop in time, so i braked quite heavily. The car skidded for about 10 metres but then the ABS kicked in and it came to a halt
• 98 Vectra wear on one brake pad 20 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Yesterday an unusual noise slowly started seemingly from the front N/side wheel on my 98 Vectra diesel. Difficult to describe but like a low frequency brake squeal. Gradually got worse and was there intermittently particularly at slow speed when not using the brakes. Arrived home and removed
• Bmw 528 brake judder 5 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Hello need some help a friend of mine has a T-reg BMW 528i he took it to a BMW garage because when he broke the steering wheel shook! They said it needed front discs and pads, I fitted the new parts and for about two weeks it happened again so i swapped the brakes again and for about two weeks
• Golf Mk3 VR6 judder under braking 18 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  braking I get a judder through the steering wheel. The steering wheel judders up and down. Its especially noticable when going from 40mph to 20 mph. Above 40 and below 20 it still judders, but not to the same degree. 2. The juddering is much worse if i am braking on an incline, e.g approaching
• tyre tests 30 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  I've been looking at the latest tyre test from AutoExpress - available as a pdf download (thanks, colinh for the pointer). I found it interesting, but something about it surprised me. They tested tyres for wet & dry braking, wet & dry handling, aquaplaning, rolling resistance, noise - even
• Worn pads highlights new problem? 9 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  Hi Guys I think I have a sticking caliper on my '93 Honda CRX and I wanted a second opinion. I have noticed a slight judder under heavy braking for sometime and after heavy braking the brakes would be less responsive. Over the last couple of days the pad on the right front side has given up