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• Toyota Hiace 2.4D - Not Revving Up 5 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, I recently posted about this vehicle's brake problems, but with the help of the Honest John users the "brake" problems have been fixed. Thanks guys.   But now it has a new problem: The van starts but wont rev up, when I try to it wants to die  -changed the fuel fillter  -ran it off a jerry can incase it was the tank.
• Audi A3 8P - Brake dust 16 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  This one has me puzzled. Every car I have owned with discs all round has put more dust on the front alloys than the rears. Most cars I see seem to be...
• jaguar x-type/ Ford Momdeo - caliper rebuild 7 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Hi. To dismantle the rear caliper hand brake section I need to remove a pentagonal nut. Apparently the same caliper is fitted to a 2003/4 mondeo estate. Does anyone know what size socket is required? On ebay it is possible to get 5 point sockets for Bendix brakes but I believe that mine are Bosch.
• Rover 25 1.4 Year 2000 - good mechanic 8 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  I live near Birmingham  Airport and am looking for a mechanic that can fully service my car without having to  takde it to a garage. I may also need brake pads and brake shoes replacing in the neasr future.  It has recently in September passed the MOT.  I can't stretch to paying the garage  £40.00 an hour fees.  
• Ford Mondeo - Ford Mondeo 53-Rear Light Problem 24 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  Hi, Changed the rear brake light whilst lights were on, now when i turn the lights on they dont light up on drivers side, the bulb only lights up when I press the brake. both filaments are okay, bulb works fine on passenger side so dont think its the fuse.
• Ford Puma 1.7 - Handbrake Problem 6 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I have a problem with the handbrake on my Puma i.e. it will not hold on both rear wheels. I have changed the brake shoes and free'd off the adjusters. I have changed the brake cables and adjusted the handbrake but it still will not hold equally on both wheels. One wheel holds better than the other but on a hill it will not safely hold the car.
• 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