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• Honda Accord - Honda Accord seized rear brake calipers 25 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  Luckily you can get refurb ones for £80. Might highlight the need to strip and clean the brakes on these cars more often to spot damaged caliper seals before they sieze.
• VW Golf MkV - How long should it take to replace brake callipers 22 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  Hi Alan,   One of the front brake callipers on my MkV Golf has seized and I am quoted £700 to replace both front callipers but not the discs and pads with labour costs for 3.5 hours and of course they want to charge over £100 for plugging in the diagnostic tool even though the fault was proven to be the calliper by the RAC who by the way provided an excellent service.
• Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost - Brake Fluid & Engine Flush 18 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  I had my car in for it's 2nd service yesterday and although I have a service plan with Ford I was informed when I arrived by the garage that th evehicle needs an Engine Flush and also the brake fluid requires changing, this seemingly is Ford's recomendation.  Bearing in mind the car has done less than 11500 miles since new on 27th Feb2013. The cost for this work was nearly £65.
• Peugeot 207CC (2007 - ) - Rattling roof, sticking brakes, & ECU problems 19 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I purchased a new peugeot 207cc in may this year and so far it has been in the garage 11 times!!!!!! I have a very loud rattling roof, a problem with sticking brakes and has had 3 engine management failures in the last 2 weeks! The garage say their is nothing wrong with the car. Any suggestions please? {Subject header made more descriptive, and both questions of a similar nature merged into one - DD}
• Toyota Carina E (1992) - Toyota Carina E - the brake pedal mystery 13 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  I have a 1992 Carina E 2.0i petrol vehicle, and I note that when I have the front headlights turned off and press the brake pedal, the front light turns on (to dipped beam). With the lights are turned on, this does not happen. What may be the cause of this fault. In light of the heavy rain, I would consider this may have had an impact.
• Vauxhall Insignia - electric brake 25 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi can anybody help me?? I have just been given a company car which has a electric brake. It took me a few days to get used to it, however I live on a steep hill and I'm struggling to reverse up to get out of a parking space in the mornings . What am I missing???  I do the usual, reverse, press button, but car goes forward, tried so many times, still going forwards, hate the car, need to go back to manual handbrake.
• Volkswagen Golf MK5 - Slight Juddering when breaking 19 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Hi All, When just lightly applying the brakes I experience a sort of judder. Imagine how it feels when something is catching, its that type of problem, I get it worse at high speed but its also noticeable when crawling along with the brakes lightly applied.
• Audi A4 2005 TDI - ESP Fault & Brake Warning fault 26 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  When turning ignition off & on fault clears, but after driving for a few min re appears continous. Also on ignition get a red brake warning light although goes off after engine starts. Could a recent cambelt change cause any of these faults.
• ford focus 1.6 zetec - engine run high when brake pedel is pumped 25 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  hi hope someone can help. when you press the accelerator pedal and let go the revs stay high then  goes back down slowly to 800/900 revs i have read on here about trying pressing the brake pedel so i have tried this and it revs up till about 1300/1400 sometimes 2000 revs can anyone tell me how to fix this thanks
• Peugeot 106 - help with rear brakes 9 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  I have replaced the shoes and cylinder on the passenger side as well as the bearing.  The brakes have been bled and drums are on but dont bind. The handbrake cable was re-connected and with the handbrake cable adjusted back up the handbrake is next to useless. I know the cable hasnt come undone becasuse the drum does show some resistance with the handbrake on but I dont know where I have gone wrong.
• No Brake light - endorsable offence ? 10 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Dear All, I was recently stopped on a bright morning for having no brake light. I just had the light changed but for whatever reason it was not working at the time I was stopped. My initial thought was that I would only be slapped with a fine and a maybe a telling off, but to my suprise I was told it was an endorsable offence.
• Audi A4 B6 (2001 - 2005) - 03 1.9 rear brakes 29 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  just a quick question. i changed the rear brake pads on my audi using the wind back tool, i done the o/s first, piston winds in right hand down. now go to the n/s using the left hand wind tool, piston wont wind in. should it wind in left hand down?
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 03 1.4 TDCI Brake fluid dripping? 3 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  However, while doing this, I noticed a trickle of fluid coming down from the engine bay. This could only have been brake fluid. I've checked the fluid levels and they are right up to the filler cap. Should I be concerned? rgds tt
• Peugeot 405 Diesel (1988 - 1996) - 1993 1.9DT - Brake caliper slides 2 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, i recently replaced the pads on my 1993 405 GLDT and i noticed that one of the caliper slides has siezed. It won't budge. I fitted the pads and the brakes work fine but i need to get this fixed asap. My question is how? Is there a repair kit available and how do i fit it? Or will i need to replace the caliper mounting bracket and can this be bought seperatly from the caliper?
• Volkswagen Bora (1999 - 2006) - 01 2.0 petrol - Brakes spongy. 30 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Spongy brakes on my mates bora, we will be pressure bleeding the system. He has spotted a bleed nipple on the end of the master cylinder, are there any other bleed points apart from the calipers? I assume this has to be bled in sequence with the rest of the car, my question is in what part of the bleeding sequence do we open the master cyl nipple?
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - 98 1.3 1rear brake drum removal 16 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  According to the Haynes manual the rear brake drum should slide of the wheel studs once the wheel nuts have been undone and it rotates freely. However, on my car there is a flanged cap over the central hub nut which stops this happening. When I try to remove this with a hammer and screwdriver I just damage the flange rather than loosen the cap.
• Brake lights keep blowing - Fiesta 11 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I've had to change my rear brake lights 3 times in the past 200 miles, every single other bulb works fine as does every other electrical item. The blown bulbs look blackas if 20v as just gone through them. What could be causing this problem?
• Peugeot 307 Brakes Squeal Like A Sailor 30 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  You know when an important sailor goes on board a ship and they blow that funny little whistle?...thats what my newly purchased wifes Pug 307 sounds like when I dab the brakes... Should I just go Kwik-Fit a new set of pads or is there an alternative? Just bought the car and its done 100,000 miles....should I entrust to Halfords to do a cam change?...can they test/look at it to see if it needs doing?...
• Stationary with foot on the brake pedal 20 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  In a similar vein to the lack of indication by selfish drivers, I am astonished by the amount of drivers that sit with their foot on the brake pedal when stationary at traffic lights, level crossings etc, usually dazzling the person behind if their car has LED type high level lights. I used to think it was confined to drivers of automatic cars but it's too widespread nowadays.
• brake fluid life! Honda Civic 16 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Just been ringing around a few Honda dealers to find out how much a 37000 mile service is for my CIVIC TYPE-R, and very surprised to hear that this will be the first time that the brake fluid will be changed. Correct me if i'm wrong, but i understand that it should be changed no later than every 24 months(car is 30 months old). Last service was 6 months ago. No wonder the pedal is nearing the floor!