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• 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!
• Semi automatic handbrakes 31 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Whats wrong with a normal hand brake?
• Nissan Sunny Electric Fault 9 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I've got a problem with a J-reg Nissan Sunny in that when you press the brake peddle, the sidelights come on. Haven't seen it for myself yet, not my car, but the only solution at the moment it to drive with the sidelights on! Any idea what could be causing this? Owner says she also hears a click when she presses the brake peddle.
• Saab 900 discs and brakes. 11 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Evening all, I checked my discs and pads today, and thought they could probably do with replacing, as it's an automatic, and is heavy on pads anyway. So...
• technical one... 30 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  quick query... my car pulls slightly to right under acceleration, and to left under braking. there's nothing wrong with the brakes (the balance has been checked), and i was wondering what would be the first thing one of the mechanics out there would look for. the car is a '97 fiesta with 40k on the clock, hence front wheel drive and i'm suspecting play in the front bushes, which are then affecting the geometry of the car depending on the load being placed on the components.
• Seized nuts and bolts 2 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  Hi, I am a Classic Car enthusiast and would like a few suggestins of how to remove seized nuts etc in a cramped position e.g the REAR of a brake assembly. (or Brake bleed nipples with rounded corners ??)etc etc ? I know all the normal ways such as correct size spanner !!/ penetrating oil/heat /nut splitter /hacksaw /grinder but what about those inaccessible positions?
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  Problems with new Jaguar XF 22 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I picked up a brand new Jaguar XF 2.2d SE on 17" wheels in November 2011 and immediately noticed that the whole car was vibrating at anything above 50mph....
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  Did speed cushions damage the tyres on my wife's Ford Focus? 22 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I'd like to pick up on two things that you constantly bring to the fore: speed cushions. My wife recently had her car MOTd and we thought it would sail...