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• Any - MOT 11 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  It's time for the MOT and guess what, its brake pads again, change the discs as well sir as there is a little bit of wear. Hmmmm,,,,I had a brake check 2 weeks ago and the guy said they would be ok for quite a while yet. By the time they had issued warnings of impending doom on other bits and bats they got a get it throuigh the test price of £698.
• 2005 vw sharan tdi 115 tip auto - brake discs 4 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, could  anyone tell me what size the front discs are on my 2005 sharan tdi. As i have spoke to numerous motor factors and the question keeps...
• Peugeot 406 - ABS fault 21 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, T reg.  hdi. When I brake the abs kicks in. I have changed the discs all round and put new pads on. Yesterday the abs warning came up on the dash but this stopped the abs kicking in when I braked. I tirned the engine off and restarted.
• skoda octavia vrs 2007 - rear brake caliper bracket bolts 5 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  hi i have a vrs octavia and need to change the rear discs but i cant find a tool to fit the bolts that hold the caliper backets on i tried 6 different...
• Focus 2001 Mk 1 1.8TD - calliper retaining bolt thread size 24 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Changed the front brake pads, went to put them back on discovered I had stripped the thread hole of the calliper bracket. I want to fix it with a Heli-coil  does anyone know the thread size and pitch of the brake calliper  retaining bolt  .
• Chrysler Grand Voyager - chrysler grand voyager 1997 brakes 8 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  im going to change the pads on my 1997 grand voyager this weekend, and i've changed lots of pads in the past, but not on one of these.   Do...
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 03 1.6 Brake Pad Question 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I need to get some new front pads for our Focus. There is the option of pads with wear indicators or without. Would my car (1.6 Zetec manual) need the...
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 05 1.9 brake calipers 26 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  passat tdi in for service today at local garage and they reckon both back calipers need changing .only done 45k but they reckon they are seized and dont...
• Citroen - 'Orrible lights on a citrowen. 27 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I followes a cirtroen for a while tonight. Strange backside, like an old Volvo estate stretched vertically by about a foot. Normal brake lamps, odd-looking lamps up the "pillars", and when the brakes applied a fat line of red along the whole roof line, side to side. Most 'orrible and distracting, complete overkill, hard to see anything else further in front.
• Thanks for the warning 30 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  professionally signwritten on the back of a Citroen C4 this afternoon - "Keep Well Back" "Harsh Unpredictable Braking" speaks volumes to me ;-) We would all, I assume, give the gent in question more than enough room, but assuming someone were to rear-end him and claim he had braked harshly and unpredictably, whats the likely outcome.
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 02 2.2 rear brake pads renewal - piston retraction 19 May 2008 (Forum)
  hi, any one got any good tips on taking the piston back in to the calipier,i have a g-clamp but on the rear pads the piston has to be turned at the same...
• volvo S70 T5 warning lights 21 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  The TRACS off and ABS warning lights appear together after a twenty mile (aprox.) run in the warmer months. The driver manual states this to be caused by overheating brakes, but inspection shows all brake assemblies are fine. It also happened for the first time when the car was left in the sun for 3 hours last week. Could there be a faulty sensor under the bonnet causing the problem?
• Genuine or aftermarket Brake Pads - Clio 23 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, I can get aftermarket pads for my Clio for about £10 give or take and genuine Renault ones for £38 give or take. I heard that aftermarket ones tend...
• single pedals in cars 9 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I'm sure I watched an article about the developement of a single pedal for driving so one movement accelerates and the opposite movement applies the brakes, all on the same pedal. As someone who recently miss judged the distance between accelerator and brake, with near dire consequences, on a rarely used vehicle, why has this design not been developed and bought in as a standard design, it seems too obvious not to be a great idea
• Oil light on Ford Ka2 1998 3 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I noticed a couple of weeks ago on the moterway that my oil warning light came on after I had to brake very hard. The light went off after a couple of seconds. I was abit bored earlier so tryed a bit of brake testing and after a couple of goes I managed to do it again. Is this the decelerating force pushing the oil to the front of the engine?????
• Golf Mk4 High Level Brake Light 13 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  There is an intermittent problem with this - sometimes it works ok other times it is dull or only a few of the bulbs (led's?) are lit. VW dealer wants...
• zafira handbrake failure 26 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  2004 zafira diesel 20000 miles,after a long journey which ended in comming down two long hills the car was parked on a slope with the hand brake ON. after about 5/8 mons the car rolled back down the hill stoping with the aid of a large tree!! the car was started but would not move forward until the hand brake was released. Have any other reader experienced this problem or is this a one off
• noisy handbrake - audi 1.8T 30 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  when i get in or out the car the brakes on the back make a squeaking noise. it also makes a noise when i release the handbrake - sounds as if its coming from the back, maybe the brake pads. any ideas on how i can cure this. i had new pads on the back about 6 weeks ago - it was making this noise before as well.
• discovery brakes 12 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  A friend of mine was quoted £240 to fit new discs and pads on his 2000 Disco.Thinking this a little pricey I offered to do it for him and ordered Quinton...
• Audi 100 value 22 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Can anyone tell me how much a 1990 (H) Audi 100 2.0E is worth. It has done 95K. It's with the garage at the moment and will need brake shoes, cylinders, hand-brake cable, rear light cluster, a full service and replacement exhaust front section (and maybe a cat as well) to make it roadworthy. I don't know whether the cost of the jobs will exceed the value of the car!